Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods & Services, Healthcare and Telecoms Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC declined 1.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES), which rose 3.29% or 13.97 points to trade at 438.01 at the close. VOLARIS A (MX:VOLARA) added 0.39% or 0.10 points to end at 25.85 and Kimberly - Clark De Mexico A (MX:KIMBERA) was down 0.15% or 0.060 points to 40.010 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA), which lost 4.28% or 29.51 points to trade at 660.00 in late trade. Grupo LALA SA de CV (MX:LALAB) declined 4.15% or 1.51 points to end at 34.86 and Ohl Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:OHLMEX) shed 3.33% or 0.780 points to 22.640.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 226 to 78 and 15 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.94% or 24.04 to $1260.44 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.74% or 0.36 to hit $49.02 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.03% or 0.53 to trade at $52.18 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.58% to 18.7499, while EUR/MXN rose 1.27% to 20.9226.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.75% at 97.36.