Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Materials, Consumer Staples and Telecoms Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC added 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were VOLARIS A (MX:VOLARA), which rose 3.23% or 0.51 points to trade at 16.32 at the close. Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES) added 3.19% or 12.33 points to end at 398.95 and Cemex SAB de CV (MX:CMXCPO) was up 2.69% or 0.340 points to 13.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA), which lost 3.38% or 0.510 points to trade at 14.600 in late trade. Megacable Holdings, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:MEGACPO) declined 1.97% or 1.670 points to end at 83.200 and Grupo Carso, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GCARSOA1) shed 1.89% or 1.230 points to 63.750.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 159 to 156 and 9 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.28% or 3.80 to $1339.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.01% or 1.25 to hit $63.31 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 2.19% or 1.47 to trade at $68.58 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.32% to 18.3479, while EUR/MXN rose 0.61% to 22.6015.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 89.55.