Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Materials, Consumer Goods & Services and Telecoms Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC declined 0.68%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Grupo Aeroportuario Del CentroNorte (MX:OMAB), which rose 1.86% or 1.800 points to trade at 98.700 at the close. Alpek, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALPEKA) added 1.39% or 0.360 points to end at 26.320 and Grupo Televisa SAB Unit (MX:TLVACPO) was up 0.71% or 0.45 points to 64.17 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nemak SAB de CV (MX:NEMAKA), which lost 5.20% or 0.81 points to trade at 14.76 in late trade. Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES) declined 3.27% or 12.94 points to end at 383.02 and Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GMEXICOB) shed 2.80% or 1.830 points to 63.500.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 152 to 124 and 15 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.05% or 0.70 to $1348.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.53% or 1.03 to hit $66.36 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.45% or 1.05 to trade at $71.53 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.20% to 18.0129, while EUR/MXN rose 0.24% to 22.3075.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.44% at 89.12.