Investing.com – Mexico stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms Services, Financial Services and Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC added 1.03%.
The best performers of the session on the IPC were Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GMEXICOB), which rose 2.74% or 1.520 points to trade at 57.070 at the close. Meanwhile, Arca Continental , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:AC) added 2.73% or 3.58 points to end at 134.52 and Kimberly - Clark De Mexico A (MX:KIMBERA) was up 2.36% or 0.850 points to 36.930 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Wal - Mart De Mexico, SAB De CV (MX:WALMEX), which fell 1.44% or 0.630 points to trade at 43.230 at the close. Mexichem , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:MEXCHEM) declined 1.35% or 0.660 points to end at 48.170 and Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:LABB) was down 0.58% or 0.130 points to 22.450.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 154 to 95 and 14 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.52% or 6.67 to $1287.33 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 2.68% or 1.31 to hit $47.51 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 2.76% or 1.44 to trade at $50.66 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.36% to 17.7660, while EUR/MXN fell 0.67% to 20.9326.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 93.34.