Mexico stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/BMV IPC up 0.10%

Mexico stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/BMV IPC up 0.10%

Jul 16, 2018

Mexico stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms Services, Financial Services and Industrials sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC rose 0.10%.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Grupo Televisa SAB Unit (MX:TLVACPO), which rose 2.96% or 2.28 points to trade at 79.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Grupo Aeroportuario Del Sureste (MX:ASURB) added 2.01% or 6.31 points to end at 319.85 and Grupo Aeroportuario Del CentroNorte (MX:OMAB) was up 1.90% or 2.040 points to 109.150 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA), which fell 3.61% or 21.92 points to trade at 585.49 at the close. VOLARIS A (MX:VOLARA) declined 2.94% or 0.36 points to end at 11.89 and Cemex SAB de CV (MX:CMXCPO) was down 1.63% or 0.210 points to 12.650.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 161 to 123 and 2 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.01% or 0.10 to $1241.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 4.17% or 2.92 to hit $67.03 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 4.58% or 3.45 to trade at $71.88 a barrel.

USD/MXN was down 0.35% to 18.8110, while EUR/MXN fell 0.16% to 22.0385.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 94.25.

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