Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Financial Services and Telecoms Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC added 0.56% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:LABB), which rose 8.42% or 1.290 points to trade at 16.740 at the close. Ohl Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:OHLMEX) added 2.69% or 0.560 points to end at 21.410 and El Puerto De Liverpool Sab De CV (MX:LIVEPOLC1) was up 2.30% or 4.100 points to 182.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PINFRA SAB De CV (MX:PINFRA), which lost 1.21% or 2.090 points to trade at 170.300 in late trade. Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:BIMBOA) declined 1.05% or 0.430 points to end at 40.330 and Kimberly - Clark De Mexico A (MX:KIMBERA) shed 1.02% or 0.350 points to 33.910.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 75 to 55 and 9 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 1.41% or 16.90 to $1185.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.47% or 0.28 to hit $60.25 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.45% or 0.28 to trade at $63.30 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.05% to 15.3407, while EUR/MXN fell 0.13% to 17.3970.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.22% at 94.52.