Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Financial Services, Telecoms Services and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC gained 0.89%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Kimberly - Clark De Mexico A (MX:KIMBERA), which rose 4.28% or 1.400 points to trade at 34.080 at the close. El Puerto De Liverpool Sab De CV (MX:LIVEPOLC1) added 3.58% or 4.54 points to end at 131.38 and Alsea , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALSEA) was up 3.28% or 1.880 points to 59.120 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grupo Aeroportuario Del Sureste (MX:ASURB), which lost 2.15% or 7.51 points to trade at 341.92 in late trade. Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA) declined 2.13% or 17.66 points to end at 812.45 and Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico SAB De CV (MX:SANMEXB) shed 1.56% or 0.500 points to 31.550.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 130 to 103 and 9 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.03% or 13.03 to $1282.23 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 2.91% or 1.62 to hit $57.26 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.08% or 0.05 to trade at $64.12 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.02% to 19.0245, while EUR/MXN rose 0.05% to 22.0919.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 94.62.