Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms Services, Financial Services and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC added 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Grupo Televisa SAB Unit (MX:TLVACPO), which rose 2.96% or 2.28 points to trade at 79.30 at the close. Grupo Aeroportuario Del Sureste (MX:ASURB) added 2.01% or 6.31 points to end at 319.85 and Grupo Aeroportuario Del CentroNorte (MX:OMAB) was up 1.90% or 2.040 points to 109.150 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA), which lost 3.61% or 21.92 points to trade at 585.49 in late trade. VOLARIS A (MX:VOLARA) declined 2.94% or 0.36 points to end at 11.89 and Cemex SAB de CV (MX:CMXCPO) shed 1.63% or 0.210 points to 12.650.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 161 to 123 and 2 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $1241.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 4.17% or 2.92 to hit $67.03 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 4.54% or 3.42 to trade at $71.91 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.35% to 18.8122, while EUR/MXN fell 0.16% to 22.0385.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 94.25.