Investing.com – Mexico stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financial Services, Healthcare and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC lost 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Cemex SAB de CV (BMV:CEMEXCPO), which rose 3.60% or 0.43 points to trade at 12.37 at the close. Meanwhile, Bolsa Mexicana De Valores SAB De CV (BMV:BOLSAA) added 2.52% or 0.80 points to end at 32.54 and GCC SAB de CV (BMV:GCC) was up 1.21% or 2.15 points to 179.45 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (BMV:LABB), which fell 5.50% or 0.96 points to trade at 16.49 at the close. Qualitas Controladora, SAB De CV (BMV:Q) declined 5.37% or 10.39 points to end at 183.19 and Regional SAB de CV (BMV:RA) was down 4.22% or 5.70 points to 129.44.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 181 to 64 and 19 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.55% or 12.75 to $2,339.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.59% or 0.46 to hit $78.36 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.67% or 0.55 to trade at $82.47 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.87% to 18.73, while EUR/MXN rose 1.42% to 20.24.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.85% at 104.30.