Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Financial Services, Telecoms Services and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC fell 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES), which rose 7.14% or 32.880 points to trade at 493.690 at the close. Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:BIMBOA) added 3.17% or 1.840 points to end at 59.860 and PINFRA SAB De CV (MX:PINFRA) was up 1.37% or 3.060 points to 226.900 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico (MX:SANMEXB), which lost 2.59% or 0.900 points to trade at 33.860 in late trade. Grupo Televisa SA (MX:TLVACPO) declined 1.05% or 1.020 points to end at 96.080 and Alfa, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALFAA) shed 1.22% or 0.380 points to 30.740.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 69 to 48 and 9 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 1.05% or 14.00 to $1353.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.47% or 0.23 to hit $48.76 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.60% or 0.30 to trade at $50.05 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.31% to 18.4177, while EUR/MXN rose 0.44% to 20.5475.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.11% at 95.61.