Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Telecoms Services, Healthcare and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC declined 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA), which rose 1.60% or 8.31 points to trade at 527.83 at the close. Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GMEXICOB) added 1.57% or 0.880 points to end at 56.920 and Kimberly - Clark De Mexico A (MX:KIMBERA) was up 1.48% or 0.500 points to 34.220 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Megacable Holdings, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:MEGACPO), which lost 6.83% or 6.420 points to trade at 87.550 in late trade. Grupo LALA SA de CV (MX:LALAB) declined 4.65% or 0.99 points to end at 20.30 and Grupo Carso, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GCARSOA1) shed 3.28% or 2.090 points to 61.570.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 197 to 108 and 11 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.55% or 7.30 to $1313.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.61% or 0.43 to hit $71.13 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.75% or 1.35 to trade at $78.47 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 1.04% to 19.6242, while EUR/MXN rose 0.99% to 23.4229.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 92.50.