Investing.com – Mexico stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financial Services, Industrials and Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC declined 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the IPC were Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA), which rose 4.65% or 33.20 points to trade at 746.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Mexichem , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:MEXCHEM) added 1.56% or 0.750 points to end at 48.700 and America Movil SAB de CV (MX:AMXL) was up 1.41% or 0.200 points to 14.420 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Alpek, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALPEKA), which fell 4.10% or 0.910 points to trade at 21.260 at the close. Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA) declined 3.65% or 1.050 points to end at 27.720 and Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico SAB De CV (MX:SANMEXB) was down 2.15% or 0.760 points to 34.600.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 146 to 126 and 7 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.30% or 3.68 to $1247.18 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.21% or 0.96 to hit $42.55 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 2.65% or 1.22 to trade at $44.80 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.17% to 18.2206, while EUR/MXN rose 0.41% to 20.3422.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 97.24.