Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Healthcare, Financial Services and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC declined 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Wal - Mart De Mexico, SAB De CV (MX:WALMEX), which rose 2.60% or 1.250 points to trade at 49.360 at the close. Grupo Televisa SAB Unit (MX:TLVACPO) added 2.42% or 1.14 points to end at 48.16 and Grupo Financiero Inbursa , SAB De CV (MX:GFINBURO) was up 1.20% or 0.350 points to 29.580 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:LABB), which lost 5.28% or 0.680 points to trade at 12.200 in late trade. Grupo Financiero Banorte (MX:GFNORTEO) declined 3.35% or 3.570 points to end at 102.910 and El Puerto De Liverpool Sab De CV (MX:LIVEPOLC1) shed 2.66% or 3.50 points to 127.84.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 149 to 126 and 16 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.19% or 2.45 to $1291.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 1.80% or 0.93 to hit $50.66 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 2.17% or 1.31 to trade at $59.17 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.69% to 18.9999, while EUR/MXN fell 0.69% to 21.7901.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 95.197.