Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms Services, Financial Services and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC fell 0.78%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Alfa, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALFAA), which rose 1.37% or 0.450 points to trade at 33.390 at the close. Alpek, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALPEKA) added 0.51% or 0.110 points to end at 21.980 and Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GMEXICOB) was up 0.33% or 0.140 points to 42.490 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Empresas ICA , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ICA), which lost 4.15% or 0.420 points to trade at 9.660 in late trade. Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA) declined 4.11% or 13.080 points to end at 303.710 and Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA) shed 3.33% or 0.930 points to 27.020.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 111 to 56 and 3 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $1123.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.62% or 0.27 to hit $43.34 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $50.22 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.10% to 16.2991, while EUR/MXN rose 1.03% to 18.1960.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.02% at 96.31.