Investing.com – Mexico stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Industrials and Telecoms Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC fell 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Grupo Financiero Banorte (MX:GFNORTEO), which rose 1.65% or 1.740 points to trade at 107.450 at the close. Meanwhile, Cemex SAB de CV (MX:CMXCPO) added 1.61% or 0.230 points to end at 14.490 and Nemak SAB de CV (MX:NEMAKA) was up 1.53% or 0.21 points to 13.93 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mexichem , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:MEXCHEM), which fell 2.54% or 1.230 points to trade at 47.110 at the close. Kimberly - Clark De Mexico A (MX:KIMBERA) declined 2.26% or 0.780 points to end at 33.730 and Alpek, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALPEKA) was down 2.21% or 0.510 points to 22.590.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 162 to 135 and 17 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.39% or 4.90 to $1269.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.85% or 0.49 to hit $58.05 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $64.52 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.06% to 19.2271, while EUR/MXN fell 0.03% to 22.8274.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 92.94.