Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Telecoms Services, Consumer Staples and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC declined 1.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Grupo Simec, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:SIMECB), which rose 3.01% or 1.480 points to trade at 50.720 at the close. Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GMEXICOB) added 2.04% or 0.860 points to end at 43.130 and Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico (MX:SANMEXB) was up 1.07% or 0.330 points to 31.350 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA), which lost 5.28% or 1.840 points to trade at 33.800 in late trade. Grupo Carso, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GCARSOA1) declined 4.17% or 3.500 points to end at 80.450 and Grupo LALA SA de CV (MX:LALAB) shed 3.92% or 1.81 points to 44.85.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 91 to 74 and 8 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.06% or 0.80 to $1233.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.84% or 0.35 to hit $41.36 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.12% or 0.05 to trade at $43.05 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.72% to 17.4320, while EUR/MXN fell 0.45% to 19.7228.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.23% at 94.46.