Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Telecoms Services, Financial Services and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC lost 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were El Puerto De Liverpool Sab De CV (MX:LIVEPOLC1), which rose 2.50% or 3.11 points to trade at 127.61 at the close. Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA) added 2.10% or 19.63 points to end at 956.59 and GMexico Transportes SA de CV (MX:GMXT) was up 1.95% or 0.520 points to 27.250 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA), which lost 3.75% or 0.570 points to trade at 14.700 in late trade. Grupo LALA SA de CV (MX:LALAB) declined 2.34% or 0.50 points to end at 20.95 and Grupo Televisa SAB Unit (MX:TLVACPO) shed 2.14% or 1.07 points to 48.99.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 113 to 92 and 7 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.14% or 14.40 to $1272.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 6.34% or 2.89 to hit $42.70 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 6.23% or 3.37 to trade at $50.73 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.29% to 19.8742, while EUR/MXN fell 0.08% to 22.6698.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.46% at 96.010.