Mexico stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/BMV IPC down 0.15%

Mexico stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/BMV IPC down 0.15%

Sep 19, 2018

Mexico stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financial Services, Telecoms Services and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC fell 0.15%.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were VOLARIS A (MX:VOLARA), which rose 4.04% or 0.59 points to trade at 15.18 at the close. Meanwhile, GMexico Transportes SA de CV (MX:GMXT) added 2.55% or 0.770 points to end at 31.000 and Wal - Mart De Mexico, SAB De CV (MX:WALMEX) was up 2.13% or 1.170 points to 56.070 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Grupo Financiero Banorte (MX:GFNORTEO), which fell 2.09% or 2.790 points to trade at 130.910 at the close. PINFRA SAB De CV (MX:PINFRA) declined 1.30% or 2.66 points to end at 201.24 and Fomento Economico Mexicano UBD (MX:FMSAUBD) was down 1.17% or 2.17 points to 182.77.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 172 to 129 and 19 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.48% or 5.80 to $1208.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.71% or 1.19 to hit $70.78 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.28% or 0.22 to trade at $79.25 a barrel.

USD/MXN was down 0.28% to 18.7540, while EUR/MXN fell 0.19% to 21.8985.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 94.11.

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