Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms Services, Consumer Goods & Services and Financial Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC added 1.11% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA), which rose 3.64% or 28.59 points to trade at 813.00 at the close. Grupo Televisa SAB Unit (MX:TLVACPO) added 3.58% or 3.21 points to end at 93.00 and Grupo Financiero Banorte (MX:GFNORTEO) was up 3.26% or 3.820 points to 120.850 in late trade.
Biggest losers included VOLARIS A (MX:VOLARA), which lost 1.58% or 0.45 points to trade at 28.08 in late trade. Alfa, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALFAA) declined 1.39% or 0.360 points to end at 25.500 and Grupo Financiero Inbursa , SAB De CV (MX:GFINBURO) shed 1.33% or 0.410 points to 30.400.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 120 to 118 and 11 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.32% or 3.93 to $1213.63 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.50% or 0.22 to hit $44.45 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.49% or 0.23 to trade at $46.94 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.72% to 17.9474, while EUR/MXN fell 0.80% to 20.4574.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 95.82.