Investing.com – Mexico stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financial Services, Healthcare and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC fell 0.61%.
The best performers of the session on the IPC were Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA), which rose 3.29% or 1.020 points to trade at 32.000 at the close. Meanwhile, Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GMEXICOB) added 2.65% or 1.500 points to end at 58.110 and Wal - Mart De Mexico, SAB De CV (MX:WALMEX) was up 0.69% or 0.290 points to 42.590 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grupo Financiero Inbursa , SAB De CV (MX:GFINBURO), which fell 3.37% or 1.090 points to trade at 31.280 at the close. Fomento Economico Mexicano UBD (MX:FMSAUBD) declined 2.64% or 4.59 points to end at 169.40 and Alfa, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALFAA) was down 2.37% or 0.670 points to 27.640.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 159 to 141 and 10 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.25% or 3.15 to $1252.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.34% or 1.13 to hit $49.50 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 2.08% or 1.07 to trade at $52.49 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 1.74% to 18.6966, while EUR/MXN fell 2.20% to 20.1249.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 99.77.