Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Industrials and Financial Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC lost 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES), which rose 3.27% or 13.96 points to trade at 441.50 at the close. Infraestructura Energetica Nova SAB (MX:IENOVA) added 2.70% or 2.60 points to end at 98.99 and Grupo Carso, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GCARSOA1) was up 2.46% or 1.880 points to 78.260 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:LABB), which lost 7.13% or 1.760 points to trade at 22.930 in late trade. VOLARIS A (MX:VOLARA) declined 3.55% or 0.89 points to end at 24.20 and Cemex SAB de CV (MX:CMXCPO) shed 3.35% or 0.600 points to 17.330.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 122 to 100 and 9 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.68% or 8.48 to $1260.58 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.69% or 0.81 to hit $48.70 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.41% or 0.71 to trade at $50.91 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.98% to 17.5945, while EUR/MXN fell 0.34% to 20.6266.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.59% at 93.37.