Commodities

Mexico Rout Spares One Asset: Bonds From Pemex Are Ticking Higher

  • Bond spreads tighten as strong mandate allows for turnaround
  • Ashmore says picks for Pemex’s top jobs may be ‘game changer’
A bird perches on top of a Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) gas station in Tepic, Nayarit state, Mexico, on Wednesday, April 22, 2020. Pemex has too much gasoline and nowhere to store it, potentially racking up significant ship fees as demand wanes because of the fast-spreading coronavirus. Photographer Cesar Rodriguez/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesPhotographer: Bloomberg
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The rout in Mexican financial markets has been nearly all-encompassing this month. Stocks, bonds, the peso — they’ve all cratered in the wake of landslide elections that investors fret will hand the leftist ruling party too much power.

And then there’s the debt of state-run oil giant Petroleos Mexicanos.