Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms Services, Materials and Consumer Goods & Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC rose 0.53% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Cemex SAB de CV (MX:CMXCPO), which rose 4.09% or 0.510 points to trade at 12.990 at the close. America Movil L , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:AMXL) added 2.20% or 0.250 points to end at 11.630 and Coca-Cola Femsa, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:KOFL) was up 1.41% or 2.090 points to 150.610 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Arca Continental , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:AC), which lost 3.31% or 4.250 points to trade at 124.120 in late trade. Ohl Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:OHLMEX) declined 3.09% or 0.670 points to end at 21.010 and Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico (MX:SANMEXB) shed 1.66% or 0.580 points to 34.370.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 92 to 69 and 9 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 0.20% or 2.60 to $1330.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.59% or 0.74 to hit $45.91 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.39% or 0.66 to trade at $46.95 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 1.18% to 18.3846, while EUR/MXN fell 0.80% to 20.3650.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 96.56.