Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Goods & Services, Industrials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC gained 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Nemak SAB de CV (MX:NEMAKA), which rose 4.17% or 0.61 points to trade at 15.24 at the close. Grupo Carso, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GCARSOA1) added 3.38% or 2.250 points to end at 68.900 and Infraestructura Energetica Nova SAB (MX:IENOVA) was up 3.01% or 2.70 points to 92.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA), which lost 1.35% or 0.200 points to trade at 14.590 in late trade. Cemex SAB de CV (MX:CMXCPO) declined 1.24% or 0.170 points to end at 13.550 and Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES) shed 1.12% or 4.65 points to 409.93.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 172 to 104 and 10 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.01% or 0.10 to $1323.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.07% or 0.04 to hit $61.34 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $64.96 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.05% to 18.5828, while EUR/MXN fell 0.05% to 22.9214.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 89.89.