Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Industrials, Consumer Goods & Services and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC lost 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (BMV:ELEKTRA), which rose 20.84% or 68.46 points to trade at 397.00 at the close. Gruma SAB de CV (BMV:GRUMAB) added 2.71% or 9.34 points to end at 354.37 and Kimberly - Clark De Mexico A (BMV:KIMBERA) was up 2.19% or 0.60 points to 28.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cemex SAB de CV (BMV:CEMEXCPO), which lost 3.47% or 0.40 points to trade at 11.12 in late trade. Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico SAB De CV Class B (BMV:GAPB) declined 2.87% or 11.33 points to end at 382.83 and Orbia Advance Corporation SAB de CV (BMV:ORBIA) shed 2.72% or 0.50 points to 17.91.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 115 to 102 and 13 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.28% or 34.74 to $2,753.14 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.42% or 1.66 to hit $70.25 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.83% or 1.32 to trade at $73.51 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.12% to 20.12, while EUR/MXN fell 0.49% to 21.12.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 106.36.