Investing.com – Mexico stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Materials, Industrials and Telecoms Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC rose 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Alpek, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALPEKA), which rose 2.69% or 0.700 points to trade at 26.695 at the close. Meanwhile, VOLARIS A (MX:VOLARA) added 1.85% or 0.27 points to end at 14.86 and Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico SAB De CV Class B (MX:GAPB) was up 1.77% or 3.18 points to 183.14 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA), which fell 2.91% or 18.07 points to trade at 603.94 at the close. Alfa, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALFAA) declined 2.02% or 0.460 points to end at 22.320 and Cemex SAB de CV (MX:CMXCPO) was down 1.18% or 0.165 points to 13.795.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 200 to 129 and 11 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.71% or 9.40 to $1325.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.29% or 0.17 to hit $59.37 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.13% or 0.08 to trade at $62.65 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.03% to 18.6127, while EUR/MXN rose 0.01% to 22.8764.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 90.01.