Investing.com – Mexico stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the declined 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the were Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (BMV:), which rose 20.84% or 68.46 points to trade at 397.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Gruma SAB de CV (BMV:) added 2.71% or 9.34 points to end at 354.37 and Kimberly – Clark De Mexico A (BMV:) was up 2.19% or 0.60 points to 28.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cemex SAB de CV (BMV:), which fell 3.47% or 0.40 points to trade at 11.12 at the close. Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico SAB De CV Class B (BMV:) declined 2.87% or 11.33 points to end at 382.83 and Orbia Advance Corporation SAB de CV (BMV:) was down 2.72% or 0.50 points to 17.91.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 115 to 102 and 13 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.28% or 34.67 to $2,753.07 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.48% or 1.70 to hit $70.29 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.88% or 1.36 to trade at $73.55 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.11% to 20.12, while EUR/MXN fell 0.49% to 21.12.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 106.36.
