The Mexican stock exchange, BMV, operates at losses in line with Wall Street

The Mexican stock exchange, BMV, operates at losses in line with Wall Street

The Mexican indices fall for a second consecutive day, retracting in line with Wall Street as they await the release of the Federal Reserve’s minutes from its latest meeting.

The Mexican stock exchanges operate with losses Wednesday morning. Domestic market indices fall for a second consecutive day, declining in line with Wall Street as they await the Federal Reserve’s publication of the minutes from its latest meeting.

The benchmark S&P/BMV IPC index of the Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV), which comprises the 35 most traded local stocks, is down 0.28% and stands at a level of 57,069.51 units. The FTSE BIVA index of the Institutional Stock Exchange (BIVA) is down 0.29% at 1,178.17 units.

Within the benchmark index, the majority of stocks are trading with losses. The most notable declines are seen in Megacable, down 2% at 45.49 pesos, and Alfa, which is down 1.40% at 13.01 pesos after it, along with its subsidiaries, reported its results for 4Q23.

On Wall Street, the main ETF tracking the Mexican market, the MSCI iShares Mexico (EWW), also shows a decline of 0.5%.

The consecutive declines happen in a context in which the reforms presented by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador at the beginning of the month, addressing various issues, lack a feasible source of financing, and it is likely that some of them will have an impact on public finances.

“The reform initiatives could represent significant increases in spending pressures for the federal government, especially those related to increasing pensions for retirees, raising the minimum wage for teachers, police officers, and soldiers, and restructuring the functions of State Productive Enterprises,” organizations such as IMCO, México Evalúa, and México ¿Cómo Vamos? asserted in a joint analysis.

The above is concerning given the current situation of public finances. The deficit has been growing year after year, which has been financed with debt, thereby increasing the financial cost of it and causing greater pressure on spending, which already has to deal with debt pressures and the support the government provides to Pemex.

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Ignacio Teson
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Ignacio Teson is an Economist and Financial Analyst. He has more than 7 years of experience in emerging markets. He worked as an analyst and market operator at brokerage firms in Argentina and Spain.
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