Investing.com – Mexico stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Financial Services, Telecoms Services and Consumer Staples sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC added 0.89%.
The best performers of the session on the IPC were Kimberly - Clark De Mexico A (MX:KIMBERA), which rose 4.28% or 1.400 points to trade at 34.080 at the close. Meanwhile, El Puerto De Liverpool Sab De CV (MX:LIVEPOLC1) added 3.58% or 4.54 points to end at 131.38 and Alsea , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALSEA) was up 3.28% or 1.880 points to 59.120 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grupo Aeroportuario Del Sureste (MX:ASURB), which fell 2.15% or 7.51 points to trade at 341.92 at the close. Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA) declined 2.13% or 17.66 points to end at 812.45 and Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico SAB De CV (MX:SANMEXB) was down 1.56% or 0.500 points to 31.550.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 130 to 103 and 9 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.03% or 13.03 to $1282.23 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 2.91% or 1.62 to hit $57.26 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.08% or 0.05 to trade at $64.12 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.02% to 19.0245, while EUR/MXN rose 0.05% to 22.0919.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 94.62.