Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods & Services, Industrials and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC lost 0.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were El Puerto De Liverpool Sab De CV (MX:LIVEPOLC1), which rose 1.67% or 2.20 points to trade at 133.99 at the close. Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico SAB de CV Class B (MX:BSMXB) added 1.46% or 0.390 points to end at 27.040 and Kimberly - Clark De Mexico A (MX:KIMBERA) was up 0.79% or 0.260 points to 33.310 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA), which lost 3.94% or 20.97 points to trade at 510.96 in late trade. Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:BIMBOA) declined 3.11% or 1.320 points to end at 41.160 and Coca Cola Femsa SAB De CV (MX:KOFL) shed 2.90% or 3.80 points to 127.27.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 155 to 113 and 24 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.66% or 8.80 to $1326.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.98% or 1.24 to hit $61.36 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $64.57 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.03% to 18.7077, while EUR/MXN fell 0.02% to 23.2190.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 89.56.