Investing.com – Mexico stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms Services, Industrials and Consumer Staples sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC fell 1.39%.
The best performers of the session on the IPC were Banregio Grupo Financiero SAB De CV (MX:GFREGIOO), which rose 1.13% or 1.260 points to trade at 112.980 at the close. Meanwhile, Gruma SAB de CV (MX:GRUMAB) added 1.12% or 2.840 points to end at 256.820 and Alsea , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALSEA) was up 0.69% or 0.410 points to 59.600 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cemex SAB de CV (MX:CMXCPO), which fell 3.67% or 0.650 points to trade at 17.040 at the close. Alfa, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALFAA) declined 3.21% or 0.920 points to end at 27.770 and America Movil L , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:AMXL) was down 3.09% or 0.400 points to 12.550.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 152 to 112 and 5 ended unchanged.
Gold for February delivery was down 1.21% or 14.05 to $1144.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 4.17% or 2.21 to hit $50.77 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $53.71 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.05% to 20.4820, while EUR/MXN rose 0.07% to 21.5754.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.94% at 102.03.