Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms Services, Financial Services and Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC gained 1.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES), which rose 2.91% or 6.990 points to trade at 247.500 at the close. Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GMEXICOB) added 2.64% or 1.130 points to end at 43.840 and Grupo Carso, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GCARSOA1) was up 2.48% or 1.800 points to 74.440 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA), which lost 1.46% or 4.820 points to trade at 321.550 in late trade. El Puerto De Liverpool Sab De CV (MX:LIVEPOLC1) declined 0.92% or 1.770 points to end at 191.100 and Controladora Comercial Mexicana UBC (MX:COMEUBC) shed 0.78% or 0.380 points to 48.700.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 103 to 55 and 5 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.02% or 0.20 to $1104.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.15% or 0.94 to hit $44.81 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $50.81 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.00% to 16.1632, while EUR/MXN rose 0.48% to 17.8079.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.45% at 97.22.