Investing.com – Mexico stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Financial Services, Telecoms Services and Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC gained 0.79%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Cemex SAB de CV (MX:CMXCPO), which rose 3.76% or 0.460 points to trade at 12.700 at the close. Meanwhile, Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA) added 3.53% or 0.570 points to end at 16.740 and Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico SAB de CV Class B (MX:BSMXB) was up 3.17% or 0.880 points to 28.650 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA), which fell 3.69% or 19.81 points to trade at 516.34 at the close. GMexico Transportes SA de CV (MX:GMXT) declined 3.56% or 0.990 points to end at 26.840 and Grupo Carso, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GCARSOA1) was down 1.62% or 1.080 points to 65.390.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 229 to 73 and 13 ended unchanged.
Shares in GMexico Transportes SA de CV (MX:GMXT) fell to all time lows; falling 3.56% or 0.990 to 26.840.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.12% or 1.60 to $1304.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.49% or 0.32 to hit $66.06 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.13% or 0.10 to trade at $76.36 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 1.45% to 20.5844, while EUR/MXN rose 1.60% to 24.2613.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 93.57.