Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Financial Services, Materials and Telecoms Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC rose 0.65%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Ohl Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:OHLMEX), which rose 2.72% or 0.770 points to trade at 29.070 at the close. Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico (MX:SANMEXB) added 2.41% or 0.790 points to end at 33.500 and Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:LABB) was up 1.93% or 0.270 points to 14.270 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banregio Grupo Financiero SAB De CV (MX:GFREGIOO), which lost 1.41% or 1.110 points to trade at 77.820 in late trade. Grupo Carso, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GCARSOA1) declined 1.16% or 0.750 points to end at 64.320 and Grupo Aeroportuario Del Sureste (MX:ASURB) shed 1.07% or 2.260 points to 208.000.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 88 to 37 and 10 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.01% or 0.10 to $1185.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.33% or 0.16 to hit $48.74 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.34% or 0.19 to trade at $56.48 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.06% to 15.2733, while EUR/MXN rose 0.05% to 16.5351.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.09% at 98.22.