Investing.com – Mexico stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Healthcare, Materials and Telecoms Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC lost 0.84%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Grupo Televisa SAB Unit (MX:TLVACPO), which rose 3.91% or 2.90 points to trade at 77.11 at the close. Meanwhile, Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA) added 1.54% or 10.35 points to end at 681.39 and Grupo Carso, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GCARSOA1) was up 1.21% or 0.820 points to 68.730 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nemak SAB de CV (MX:NEMAKA), which fell 3.16% or 0.51 points to trade at 15.62 at the close. Alfa, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALFAA) declined 3.06% or 0.740 points to end at 23.480 and Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:LABB) was down 2.74% or 0.610 points to 21.670.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 159 to 146 and 17 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.99% or 13.40 to $1338.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.92% or 0.61 to hit $65.53 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $69.17 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.00% to 18.6081, while EUR/MXN rose 0.00% to 23.0406.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.34% at 89.17.