Investing.com – Mexico stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Financial Services, Consumer Staples and Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC rose 0.32%.
The best performers of the session on the IPC were Nemak SAB de CV (MX:NEMAKA), which rose 3.30% or 0.48 points to trade at 15.02 at the close. Meanwhile, Grupo Financiero Banorte (MX:GFNORTEO) added 2.59% or 3.150 points to end at 124.690 and Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA) was up 2.27% or 0.590 points to 26.600 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Alfa, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALFAA), which fell 1.92% or 0.480 points to trade at 24.470 at the close. VOLARIS A (MX:VOLARA) declined 1.79% or 0.42 points to end at 23.01 and Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA) was down 1.77% or 13.87 points to 770.42.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 141 to 71 and 13 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.39% or 5.06 to $1296.66 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.20% or 1.07 to hit $47.59 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 2.01% or 1.06 to trade at $51.66 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.29% to 17.6555, while EUR/MXN rose 0.14% to 20.8515.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 93.03.