Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Industrials, Consumer Staples and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC added 0.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (BMV:LABB), which rose 6.24% or 1.04 points to trade at 17.70 at the close. Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B. De C.V. (BMV:BIMBOA) added 4.84% or 3.27 points to end at 70.90 and Grupo Carso, S.A.B. De C.V. (BMV:GCARSOA1) was up 4.04% or 5.42 points to 139.61 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alfa, S.A.B. De C.V. (BMV:ALFAA), which lost 3.76% or 0.42 points to trade at 10.75 in late trade. Grupo Financiero Inbursa , SAB De CV (BMV:GFINBURO) declined 2.70% or 1.20 points to end at 43.27 and Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV (BMV:KOFUBL) shed 2.20% or 3.64 points to 161.66.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 124 to 111 and 19 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.09% or 2.05 to $2,327.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 3.20% or 2.42 to hit $77.95 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 2.79% or 2.22 to trade at $81.84 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.79% to 18.23, while EUR/MXN fell 0.98% to 19.62.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 104.73.