Gruma Sinks After Chavez Orders Venezuela Unit Seized/ Retroceden títulos de Gruma

Gruma SAB, Mexico’s largest maker of corn flour for tortillas, fell to a three-week low after Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said last night his government will seize one of the company’s local units. Chavez said his government will take control of Molinos Nacionales CA, the Venezuelan maker of Robin Hood flour known as Monaca, after authorities in November arrested a minority shareholder. Ricardo Fernandez Barrueco, a banker who owns a 24.14 percent stake in the unit, was arrested for allegedly diverting deposits from financial institutions that he owned and for failing to prove the origin of funds ( full information)/ Este viernes las acciones del productor de harina de maíz y tortillas en México, Gruma, perdían en la Bolsa Mexicana de Valores después de que Banamex redujó su recomendación de sus títulos desde "compra" a "mantener", esto debido según el banco a las preocupaciones por Venezuela y su reciente devaluación de la divisa de ese país ( información completa)