Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms Services, Consumer Staples and Financial Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC added 0.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Empresas ICA , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ICA), which rose 4.27% or 0.160 points to trade at 3.910 at the close. Banregio Grupo Financiero SAB De CV (MX:GFREGIOO) added 2.16% or 2.270 points to end at 107.580 and Ohl Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:OHLMEX) was up 1.56% or 0.400 points to 26.110 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA), which lost 1.71% or 4.570 points to trade at 262.510 in late trade. Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA) declined 1.48% or 0.520 points to end at 34.590 and Kimberly - Clark De Mexico A (MX:KIMBERA) shed 0.91% or 0.420 points to 45.760.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 104 to 53 and 6 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.01% or 0.15 to $1326.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.39% or 0.66 to hit $46.98 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.48% or 0.74 to trade at $49.41 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.22% to 18.6156, while EUR/MXN rose 0.02% to 20.8275.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.05% at 95.53.