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 declined 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were GCC SAB de CV (BMV:GCC), which rose 4.58% or 6.88 points to trade at 156.98 at the close. Megacable Holdings, S.A.B. De C.V. (BMV:MEGACPO) added 4.48% or 1.81 points to end at 42.21 and Orbia Advance Corporation SAB de CV (BMV:ORBIA) was up 2.03% or 0.39 points to 19.64 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alsea , S.A.B. De C.V. (BMV:ALSEA), which lost 5.26% or 2.82 points to trade at 50.82 in late trade. Qualitas Controladora, SAB De CV (BMV:Q) declined 4.73% or 6.82 points to end at 137.23 and Grupo Aeroportuario Del CentroNorte (BMV:OMAB) shed 4.63% or 7.82 points to 161.02.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 141 to 74 and 17 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.11% or 30.70 to $2,729.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.97% or 0.69 to hit $70.62 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.07% or 0.05 to trade at $75.22 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.05% to 19.83, while EUR/MXN fell 0.04% to 21.40.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 104.27.