Investing.com – Mexico stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Goods & Services, Consumer Staples and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC fell 0.37%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:LABB), which rose 5.17% or 1.000 points to trade at 20.350 at the close. Meanwhile, VOLARIS A (MX:VOLARA) added 2.92% or 0.48 points to end at 16.91 and Grupo Televisa SAB Unit (MX:TLVACPO) was up 1.25% or 0.84 points to 68.08 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA), which fell 3.27% or 20.45 points to trade at 605.00 at the close. Gruma SAB de CV (MX:GRUMAB) declined 2.60% or 5.72 points to end at 214.28 and Alfa, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALFAA) was down 2.48% or 0.560 points to 21.980.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 193 to 95 and 18 ended unchanged.
Shares in Gruma SAB de CV (MX:GRUMAB) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.60% or 5.72 to 214.28.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.35% or 4.60 to $1334.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.68% or 0.43 to hit $63.98 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $67.37 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.00% to 18.6778, while EUR/MXN fell 0.02% to 22.9992.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 89.77.