Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Healthcare, Materials and Telecoms Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC declined 0.84%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Grupo Televisa SAB Unit (MX:TLVACPO), which rose 3.91% or 2.90 points to trade at 77.11 at the close. Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA) added 1.54% or 10.35 points to end at 681.39 and Grupo Carso, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GCARSOA1) was up 1.21% or 0.820 points to 68.730 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nemak SAB de CV (MX:NEMAKA), which lost 3.16% or 0.51 points to trade at 15.62 in late trade. Alfa, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALFAA) declined 3.06% or 0.740 points to end at 23.480 and Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:LABB) shed 2.74% or 0.610 points to 21.670.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 159 to 146 and 17 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.99% or 13.40 to $1338.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.92% or 0.61 to hit $65.53 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $69.17 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.00% to 18.6081, while EUR/MXN rose 0.00% to 23.0406.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.34% at 89.17.