MEXICO CITY: The Mexican central bank propped up the peso on Thursday, intervening in the foreign exchange market after US automaker Ford's decision to scrap a new factory caused the currency to sink.

The central bank did not reveal the amount of dollars it sold in its first such action since Republican Donald Trump won the US presidential election on November 8.

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