Investing.com – Mexico stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Financial Services, Consumer Staples and Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC gained 0.51%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Alpek, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALPEKA), which rose 1.96% or 0.480 points to trade at 24.910 at the close. Meanwhile, Grupo Financiero Banorte (MX:GFNORTEO) added 1.69% or 1.840 points to end at 110.950 and Grupo Aeroportuario Del CentroNorte (MX:OMAB) was up 1.48% or 1.460 points to 100.280 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:LABB), which fell 1.38% or 0.290 points to trade at 20.710 at the close. Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA) declined 1.30% or 8.68 points to end at 660.00 and Nemak SAB de CV (MX:NEMAKA) was down 1.11% or 0.17 points to 15.08.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 96 to 58 and 17 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.42% or 5.60 to $1340.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.79% or 0.51 to hit $64.81 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.52% or 0.36 to trade at $70.22 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.02% to 18.8591, while EUR/MXN rose 0.05% to 23.1338.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.54% at 90.13.