Mexican stock market falls 1.32% in line with U.S. markets

Mexico's stock market experienced a sharp decline of 1.32% on Tuesday, aligning with losses observed in U.S. markets. This marks the fourth negative closing session for the Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV) in the past five trading days, with its primary indicator, the Index of Prices and Quotations (IPC), falling to 65,564.76 units.

Analysts attributed the global market downturn to rising energy prices. Gabriela Siller, Director of Economic and Financial Analysis at Grupo Financiero Base, noted that while global markets showed mixed results, U.S. markets saw losses due to increased commodity prices. Within Mexico, the IPC's 1.32% drop was its largest since July 23, when it fell 1.54%.

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The capital market closed the session with mixed results among the main stock market indices globally. In the United States, losses were observed due to the increase in energy prices in the commodities market.

Several Mexican companies experienced significant setbacks. Gentera saw a decline of 5.3%, followed by Banregio at -3.27%, Televisa at -2.81%, Banorte at -2.76%, and Orbia at -2.62%. These individual performances contributed to the overall negative trend on the BMV.

Despite the day's losses, the Mexican peso showed resilience, appreciating 0.3% against the U.S. dollar to trade at 17.09 units per dollar. Enrique Covarrubias, Director of Economic Analysis at Actinver, reported that the market has accumulated a loss of 2.05% so far in August but maintains a positive gain of 1.95% for the year 2026. Trading volume was substantial, with 140.3 million shares exchanged for approximately 878 million dollars.

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In Mexico, the expert indicated, the BMV's IPC closed the session with a strong loss of 1.32%, its biggest drop since July 23, when it fell 1.54%.