Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms Services, Financial Services and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC rose 0.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Nemak SAB de CV (MX:NEMAKA), which rose 4.22% or 0.82 points to trade at 20.23 at the close. Ohl Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:OHLMEX) added 2.93% or 0.650 points to end at 22.840 and America Movil L , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:AMXL) was up 2.56% or 0.370 points to 14.820 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES), which lost 2.39% or 10.34 points to trade at 422.25 in late trade. Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA) declined 2.16% or 15.09 points to end at 682.88 and Arca Continental , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:AC) shed 0.78% or 1.04 points to 131.90.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 161 to 158 and 10 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.22% or 2.72 to $1230.42 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.94% or 0.93 to hit $48.77 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.71% or 0.87 to trade at $51.71 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.58% to 18.7112, while EUR/MXN fell 0.08% to 20.5342.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 98.80.