Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Industrials, Consumer Staples and Consumer Goods & Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC lost 1.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES), which rose 2.85% or 12.700 points to trade at 457.920 at the close. Grupo Financiero Inbursa , SAB De CV (MX:GFINBURO) added 0.53% or 0.160 points to end at 30.210 and America Movil L , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:AMXL) was up 0.52% or 0.070 points to 13.530 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alsea , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALSEA), which lost 5.77% or 3.330 points to trade at 54.340 in late trade. Gruma SAB de CV (MX:GRUMAB) declined 3.66% or 10.050 points to end at 264.590 and Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:LABB) shed 3.45% or 0.720 points to 20.150.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 160 to 112 and 5 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.65% or 7.60 to $1181.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 4.11% or 2.22 to hit $51.77 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $54.78 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.09% to 21.3611, while EUR/MXN rose 0.02% to 22.6120.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.24% at 101.92.