Stress tests show Mexico's banking system has needed capitalization levels

MEXICO CITY, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Mexico's central bank said on Wednesday that stress tests of the financial system reveal the Mexican banking system as a whole has levels of capital to would allow it to face different simulated scenarios for the economy.

At the individual level however some banking institutions, representing a low percentage of system's total assets, could have difficulty maintaining minimum levels of capitalization required in certain adverse scenarios, the Bank of Mexico's latest financial stability report showed. (Reporting by Anthony Esposito, Abraham Gonzalez and Noe Torres)