Mexico’s Hedging Program Shields Country from Crude Price Rout

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Mexico’s finance minister said the country’s oil income is completely covered by its sovereign oil hedge.

The timing couldn’t be better for the Latin American producer amid the biggest plunge in oil prices in almost three decades as Saudi Arabia and Russia vowed to pump more oil in a battle for market share.