Investing.com – Mexico stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms Services, Materials and Consumer Staples sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC fell 1.03%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA), which rose 2.11% or 0.300 points to trade at 14.510 at the close. Meanwhile, Grupo LALA SA de CV (MX:LALAB) added 1.59% or 0.36 points to end at 23.00 and Becle SA (MX:CUERVO) was up 1.10% or 0.270 points to 24.740 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cemex SAB de CV (MX:CMXCPO), which fell 3.24% or 0.340 points to trade at 10.150 at the close. El Puerto De Liverpool Sab De CV (MX:LIVEPOLC1) declined 2.43% or 3.05 points to end at 122.53 and Wal - Mart De Mexico, SAB De CV (MX:WALMEX) was down 2.22% or 1.120 points to 49.250.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 153 to 148 and 14 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.65% or 8.60 to $1310.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.60% or 0.32 to hit $53.98 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 1.03% or 0.64 to trade at $62.62 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.24% to 19.0745, while EUR/MXN fell 0.16% to 21.6801.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.34% at 96.143.