Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Industrials, Consumer Goods & Services and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC gained 1.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Grupo Televisa SAB Unit (BMV:TLEVISACPO), which rose 7.25% or 0.51 points to trade at 7.54 at the close. Grupo Financiero Banorte (BMV:GFNORTEO) added 4.14% or 5.69 points to end at 142.99 and Grupo Aeroportuario Del CentroNorte (BMV:OMAB) was up 3.16% or 5.60 points to 182.74 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (BMV:ELEKTRA), which lost 4.34% or 14.35 points to trade at 316.00 in late trade. GCC SAB de CV (BMV:GCC) declined 3.07% or 5.72 points to end at 180.40 and Orbia Advance Corporation SAB de CV (BMV:ORBIA) shed 2.41% or 0.35 points to 14.17.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 130 to 108 and 11 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.28% or 7.56 to $2,647.14 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.77% or 0.57 to hit $73.39 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.42% or 0.32 to trade at $76.19 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 1.43% to 20.32, while EUR/MXN fell 0.65% to 21.12.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.67% at 108.07.