Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Telecoms Services, Healthcare and Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC fell 0.59%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Megacable Holdings, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:MEGACPO), which rose 1.92% or 1.610 points to trade at 85.410 at the close. Grupo Aeroportuario Del CentroNorte (MX:OMAB) added 1.17% or 1.170 points to end at 101.310 and Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA) was up 0.84% or 0.140 points to 16.820 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Coca Cola Femsa SAB De CV (MX:KOFL), which lost 4.63% or 5.52 points to trade at 113.66 in late trade. Becle SA (MX:CUERVO) declined 3.89% or 1.200 points to end at 29.670 and Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico SAB de CV Class B (MX:BSMXB) shed 2.65% or 0.750 points to 27.630.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 207 to 118 and 4 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.20% or 2.60 to $1281.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.22% or 0.79 to hit $65.64 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 2.52% or 1.85 to trade at $75.29 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.47% to 20.5288, while EUR/MXN fell 0.35% to 23.8587.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 94.42.