Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms Services, Financial Services and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC rose 0.67%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Kimberly - Clark De Mexico A (MX:KIMBERA), which rose 1.91% or 0.670 points to trade at 35.820 at the close. Fomento Economico Mexicano UBD (MX:FMSAUBD) added 1.89% or 3.25 points to end at 175.06 and Banregio Grupo Financiero SAB De CV (MX:GFREGIOO) was up 1.76% or 1.89 points to 109.03 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES), which lost 2.81% or 13.05 points to trade at 451.55 in late trade. El Puerto De Liverpool Sab De CV (MX:LIVEPOLC1) declined 1.95% or 3.07 points to end at 154.33 and VOLARIS A (MX:VOLARA) shed 1.90% or 0.41 points to 21.14.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 133 to 95 and 7 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.01% or 13.32 to $1311.88 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.16% or 0.08 to hit $50.36 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.27% or 0.15 to trade at $55.47 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.55% to 17.7554, while EUR/MXN rose 0.65% to 21.2307.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 91.79.