Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms Services, Industrials and Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC gained 1.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Empresas ICA , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ICA), which rose 34.58% or 1.020 points to trade at 3.970 at the close. Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA) added 3.81% or 1.220 points to end at 33.210 and Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico (MX:GAPB) was up 4.51% or 8.380 points to 194.160 in late trade.
Biggest losers included La Comercial (MX:LCMRUBC), which lost 2.18% or 0.41 points to trade at 18.40 in late trade. Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:BIMBOA) declined 1.33% or 0.740 points to end at 54.840 and Fomento Economico Mexicano UBD (MX:FMSAUBD) shed 0.50% or 0.850 points to 169.140.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 116 to 49 and 5 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.19% or 2.45 to $1292.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 2.49% or 1.21 to hit $49.77 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 2.44% or 1.20 to trade at $50.37 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.74% to 18.7007, while EUR/MXN fell 0.49% to 21.1414.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.60% at 93.73.