Mexico stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Staples, Industrials and Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC gained 0.50%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Gruma SAB de CV (MX:GRUMAB), which rose 3.19% or 7.18 points to trade at 232.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Alfa, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALFAA) added 3.05% or 0.710 points to end at 23.990 and Alpek, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALPEKA) was up 2.92% or 0.880 points to 30.990 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grupo Cementos De Chihuahua (MX:GCC), which fell 1.83% or 2.100 points to trade at 112.480 at the close. Grupo LALA SA de CV (MX:LALAB) declined 1.46% or 0.29 points to end at 19.64 and Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA) was down 1.41% or 11.03 points to 772.81.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 156 to 132 and 11 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.70% or 8.50 to $1230.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.45% or 0.32 to hit $71.66 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.42% or 0.34 to trade at $80.77 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.01% to 18.8563, while EUR/MXN rose 0.14% to 21.8331.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 94.77.
