Investing.com – Mexico stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms Services, Financial Services and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC rose 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Grupo Televisa SAB Unit (MX:TLVACPO), which rose 2.96% or 2.28 points to trade at 79.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Grupo Aeroportuario Del Sureste (MX:ASURB) added 2.01% or 6.31 points to end at 319.85 and Grupo Aeroportuario Del CentroNorte (MX:OMAB) was up 1.90% or 2.040 points to 109.150 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA), which fell 3.61% or 21.92 points to trade at 585.49 at the close. VOLARIS A (MX:VOLARA) declined 2.94% or 0.36 points to end at 11.89 and Cemex SAB de CV (MX:CMXCPO) was down 1.63% or 0.210 points to 12.650.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 161 to 123 and 2 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.01% or 0.10 to $1241.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 4.17% or 2.92 to hit $67.03 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 4.58% or 3.45 to trade at $71.88 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.35% to 18.8110, while EUR/MXN fell 0.16% to 22.0385.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 94.25.