Investing.com – Mexico stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Goods & Services, Financial Services and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC gained 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA), which rose 3.81% or 19.42 points to trade at 529.49 at the close. Meanwhile, El Puerto De Liverpool Sab De CV (MX:LIVEPOLC1) added 2.69% or 3.18 points to end at 121.37 and Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA) was up 1.78% or 0.300 points to 17.120 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grupo LALA SA de CV (MX:LALAB), which fell 2.23% or 0.45 points to trade at 19.72 at the close. Mexichem , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:MEXCHEM) declined 1.99% or 1.120 points to end at 55.120 and Grupo Aeroportuario Del Sureste (MX:ASURB) was down 1.94% or 6.19 points to 313.70.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 216 to 121 and 13 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.23% or 2.90 to $1267.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.67% or 0.46 to hit $68.12 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.72% or 0.54 to trade at $74.78 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.58% to 19.9021, while EUR/MXN fell 0.17% to 23.2920.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 93.94.