Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financial Services, Industrials and Consumer Goods & Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC declined 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Alfa, S.A.B. De C.V. (BMV:ALFAA), which rose 3.73% or 0.44 points to trade at 12.27 at the close. Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (BMV:PEOLES) added 2.84% or 7.16 points to end at 258.72 and Wal Mart de Mexico SAB de CV (BMV:WALMEX) was up 2.28% or 1.43 points to 64.09 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Arca Continental , S.A.B. De C.V. (BMV:AC), which lost 3.23% or 5.99 points to trade at 178.56 in late trade. Alsea , S.A.B. De C.V. (BMV:ALSEA) declined 2.76% or 1.60 points to end at 56.34 and Qualitas Controladora, SAB De CV (BMV:Q) shed 2.26% or 3.72 points to 159.82.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 172 to 66 and 10 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.01% or 0.35 to $2,550.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.68% or 1.23 to hit $71.94 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $76.09 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.04% to 19.28, while EUR/MXN unchanged 0.01% to 21.50.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 101.04.