Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the S&P/BMV Industrials Select, Consumer Goods & Services and S&P/BMV Consumer Staples sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC added 0.27% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Grupo Carso, S.A.B. De C.V. (BMV:GCARSOA1), which rose 2.46% or 2.86 points to trade at 119.25 at the close. Alsea , S.A.B. De C.V. (BMV:ALSEA) added 2.28% or 1.11 points to end at 49.87 and Grupo Financiero Inbursa , SAB De CV (BMV:GFINBURO) was up 2.26% or 1.00 points to 45.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Del Bajio SA Institution De Banca Multiple (BMV:BBAJIOO), which fell 3.46% or 1.65 points to trade at 46.07 in late trade. GCC SAB de CV (BMV:GCC) declined 2.32% or 4.82 points to end at 203.18 and Becle SA (BMV:CUERVO) down 2.10% or 0.37 points to 17.29.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 147 to 98 and 16 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
Shares in Becle SA (BMV:CUERVO) fell to all time lows; down 2.10% or 0.37 to 17.29.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 1.64% or 47.45 to $2,935.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 2.10% or 1.49 to hit $72.49 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 1.86% or 1.39 to trade at $76.05 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.21% to 20.61, while EUR/MXN unchanged 0.01% to 21.24.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 108.21.