Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods & Services, Healthcare and Financial Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC declined 0.06% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were PINFRA SAB De CV (MX:PINFRA), which rose 2.72% or 4.700 points to trade at 177.770 at the close. America Movil L, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:AMXL) added 1.53% or 0.240 points to end at 15.850 and Grupo LALA SA de CV (MX:LALAB) was up 1.11% or 0.36 points to 32.78 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES), which lost 3.08% or 8.690 points to trade at 273.500 in late trade. Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:LABB) declined 1.88% or 0.330 points to end at 17.200 and Empresas ICA, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ICA) shed 1.43% or 0.200 points to 13.800.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 67 to 47 and 4 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.20% or 2.40 to $1209.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.28% or 0.74 to hit $58.73 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.23% or 0.79 to trade at $64.81 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.01% to 15.1837, while EUR/MXN fell 0.56% to 16.8510.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.30% at 95.66.