Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Staples, Healthcare and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC fell 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Mexichem , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:MEXCHEM), which rose 2.83% or 1.260 points to trade at 45.860 at the close. Grupo Simec, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:SIMECB) added 0.89% or 0.460 points to end at 52.460 and Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES) was up 0.82% or 2.010 points to 248.200 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Gruma SAB de CV (MX:GRUMAB), which lost 2.50% or 6.300 points to trade at 245.530 in late trade. Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico (MX:GAPB) declined 2.41% or 3.840 points to end at 155.330 and Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA) shed 2.20% or 0.760 points to 33.790.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 80 to 78 and 16 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.61% or 7.60 to $1246.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 3.20% or 1.36 to hit $43.83 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 3.23% or 1.42 to trade at $45.45 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.29% to 17.2598, while EUR/MXN fell 0.89% to 19.4942.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.51% at 94.55.