Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms Services, Healthcare and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC rose 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Nemak SAB de CV (MX:NEMAKA), which rose 1.95% or 0.30 points to trade at 15.66 at the close. Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:LABB) added 1.66% or 0.350 points to end at 21.470 and Fomento Economico Mexicano UBD (MX:FMSAUBD) was up 1.42% or 2.62 points to 186.56 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA), which lost 2.19% or 0.380 points to trade at 17.000 in late trade. VOLARIS A (MX:VOLARA) declined 2.05% or 0.33 points to end at 15.75 and Grupo Financiero Inbursa , SAB De CV (MX:GFINBURO) shed 1.49% or 0.520 points to 34.420.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 154 to 132 and 14 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.08% or 1.10 to $1321.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.76% or 0.47 to hit $61.91 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $67.92 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.06% to 19.2127, while EUR/MXN fell 0.06% to 22.9939.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 92.08.