Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms Services, Financial Services and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC rose 0.13% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:LABB), which rose 4.21% or 0.700 points to trade at 17.260 at the close. Ohl Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:OHLMEX) added 3.66% or 0.760 points to end at 21.540 and Alfa, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALFAA) was up 1.75% or 0.530 points to 30.760 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Coca-Cola Femsa, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:KOFL), which lost 2.87% or 3.770 points to trade at 127.800 in late trade. Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GMEXICOB) declined 2.39% or 1.140 points to end at 46.600 and Controladora Comercial Mexicana UBC (MX:COMEUBC) shed 2.22% or 1.110 points to 48.760.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 69 to 48 and 5 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.05% or 0.60 to $1189.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $60.27 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.92% or 0.60 to trade at $64.97 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.71% to 15.4890, while EUR/MXN rose 0.10% to 16.9214.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.60% at 97.52.