Investing.com – Mexico stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms Services, Financial Services and Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC declined 1.37%.
The best performers of the session on the IPC were Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA), which rose 13.78% or 96.62 points to trade at 797.94 at the close. Meanwhile, Nemak SAB de CV (MX:NEMAKA) added 0.97% or 0.19 points to end at 19.87 and VOLARIS A (MX:VOLARA) was up 0.68% or 0.18 points to 26.59 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ohl Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:OHLMEX), which fell 4.76% or 1.250 points to trade at 25.030 at the close. Grupo Financiero Inbursa , SAB De CV (MX:GFINBURO) declined 3.22% or 1.030 points to end at 30.920 and Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:LABB) was down 2.87% or 0.630 points to 21.340.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 136 to 76 and 9 ended unchanged.
Shares in Grupo Elektra, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA) rose to 3-years highs; rising 13.78% or 96.62 to 797.94.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.91% or 11.55 to $1285.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.96% or 0.51 to hit $52.89 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.05% or 0.59 to trade at $55.64 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 1.14% to 18.5688, while EUR/MXN fell 0.52% to 19.8119.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.54% at 100.09.