Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms Services, Consumer Staples and Consumer Goods & Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC gained 0.56%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Ohl Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:OHLMEX), which rose 2.41% or 0.620 points to trade at 26.320 at the close. Cemex SAB de CV (MX:CMXCPO) added 2.16% or 0.320 points to end at 15.120 and Wal - Mart De Mexico, SAB De CV (MX:WALMEX) was up 1.89% or 0.780 points to 42.150 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kimberly - Clark De Mexico A (MX:KIMBERA), which lost 2.53% or 1.140 points to trade at 44.000 in late trade. Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico (MX:SANMEXB) declined 2.50% or 0.890 points to end at 34.690 and Banregio Grupo Financiero SAB De CV (MX:GFREGIOO) shed 2.41% or 2.720 points to 110.000.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 82 to 77 and 10 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.27% or 3.65 to $1330.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.35% or 0.16 to hit $46.04 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.29% or 0.14 to trade at $48.15 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.44% to 18.8327, while EUR/MXN fell 0.38% to 21.1606.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.18% at 95.16.