Investing.com – Mexico stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Materials, Telecoms Services and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC fell 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the IPC were Telesites SAB de CV (MX:SITESL), which rose 3.17% or 0.350 points to trade at 11.380 at the close. Meanwhile, El Puerto De Liverpool Sab De CV (MX:LIVEPOLC1) added 2.99% or 5.660 points to end at 194.680 and Kimberly - Clark De Mexico A (MX:KIMBERA) was up 2.68% or 1.120 points to 42.900 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA), which fell 2.94% or 1.020 points to trade at 33.660 at the close. Mexichem , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:MEXCHEM) declined 2.19% or 0.920 points to end at 41.160 and Gruma SAB de CV (MX:GRUMAB) was down 2.11% or 5.560 points to 258.120.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 81 to 78 and 9 ended unchanged.
Gold for June delivery was up 1.11% or 14.05 to $1278.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 3.20% or 1.43 to hit $46.09 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 4.15% or 1.89 to trade at $47.41 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.06% to 17.9791, while EUR/MXN rose 0.40% to 20.5394.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.44% at 93.81.