Investing.com – Mexico stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Consumer Staples and Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC lost 0.40%.
The best performers of the session on the IPC were Alfa, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALFAA), which rose 2.85% or 0.570 points to trade at 20.580 at the close. Meanwhile, Alpek, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALPEKA) added 1.03% or 0.200 points to end at 19.700 and Megacable Holdings, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:MEGACPO) was up 0.95% or 0.700 points to 74.700 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:LABB), which fell 3.60% or 0.860 points to trade at 23.030 at the close. Grupo Aeroportuario Del Sureste (MX:ASURB) declined 3.33% or 11.73 points to end at 341.00 and Nemak SAB de CV (MX:NEMAKA) was down 2.18% or 0.33 points to 14.81.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 165 to 103 and 10 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.22% or 2.80 to $1283.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.33% or 0.17 to hit $52.05 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.59% or 0.34 to trade at $58.22 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.34% to 18.8539, while EUR/MXN rose 0.57% to 22.2350.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 93.27.