Investing.com – Mexico stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms Services, Consumer Staples and Consumer Goods & Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC gained 0.56%.
The best performers of the session on the IPC were Ohl Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:OHLMEX), which rose 2.41% or 0.620 points to trade at 26.320 at the close. Meanwhile, Cemex SAB de CV (MX:CMXCPO) added 2.16% or 0.320 points to end at 15.120 and Wal - Mart De Mexico, SAB De CV (MX:WALMEX) was up 1.89% or 0.780 points to 42.150 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kimberly - Clark De Mexico A (MX:KIMBERA), which fell 2.53% or 1.140 points to trade at 44.000 at the close. Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico (MX:SANMEXB) declined 2.50% or 0.890 points to end at 34.690 and Banregio Grupo Financiero SAB De CV (MX:GFREGIOO) was down 2.41% or 2.720 points to 110.000.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 82 to 77 and 10 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.27% or 3.65 to $1330.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.35% or 0.16 to hit $46.04 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.29% or 0.14 to trade at $48.15 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.44% to 18.8323, while EUR/MXN fell 0.38% to 21.1606.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.18% at 95.16.