Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms Services, Healthcare and Financial Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC rose 0.47% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were VOLARIS A (MX:VOLARA), which rose 2.77% or 0.69 points to trade at 25.56 at the close. Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA) added 2.07% or 0.620 points to end at 30.640 and Grupo Financiero Banorte (MX:GFNORTEO) was up 2.07% or 2.290 points to 113.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included El Puerto De Liverpool Sab De CV (MX:LIVEPOLC1), which lost 3.46% or 5.39 points to trade at 150.49 in late trade. Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GMEXICOB) declined 3.32% or 2.000 points to end at 58.160 and Grupo Carso, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GCARSOA1) shed 2.44% or 2.250 points to 89.980.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 166 to 129 and 5 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.49% or 6.15 to $1254.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.38% or 0.18 to hit $47.79 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $50.92 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.70% to 18.8882, while EUR/MXN rose 1.30% to 20.5211.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.58% at 99.01.