Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Telecoms Services, Consumer Staples and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC declined 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GMEXICOB), which rose 3.44% or 1.330 points to trade at 39.960 at the close. Ohl Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:OHLMEX) added 2.89% or 0.730 points to end at 25.930 and Alsea , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALSEA) was up 1.65% or 1.090 points to 67.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PINFRA SAB De CV (MX:PINFRA), which lost 3.64% or 8.090 points to trade at 214.950 in late trade. Telesites SAB de CV (MX:SITESL) declined 3.12% or 0.320 points to end at 9.950 and Gruma SAB de CV (MX:GRUMAB) shed 2.22% or 6.170 points to 271.400.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 86 to 76 and 6 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 1.14% or 14.20 to $1258.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.64% or 0.65 to hit $40.37 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 2.07% or 0.87 to trade at $42.81 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.70% to 17.6583, while EUR/MXN fell 0.54% to 20.1435.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.23% at 94.00.