The futures of the main indices of the New York Stock Exchange began to operate this week in negative territory. The biggest drop was recorded by the technological NASDAQ mini that lost 0.17% to 14,837.75 units, followed by the S&P 500 mini that fell 0.08% to 4,535.74 points and a decline of just 0.01% for the Dow Jones Industrial Average mini that reached 34,684 integers.
Last week, those indices closed mixed. The only drop was presented by the Dow Jones with 0.12% less, while the NASDAQ Composite and the S&P 500 accumulated a gain of 0.65 and 0.06%, respectively.
In the international crude oil market, the main benchmarks also started the week with losses. The barrel in New York, of the West Texas Intermediate (WTI), fell 1.01%, to 98.38 dollars and the Brent of the North Sea, fell 0.89% to 103.42 dollars per barrel.
The previous week, the international scores fell. The biggest drop was Brent (-13.48%) and WTI (-12.84%). The Mexican export mix ended at 97.25 dollars a barrel and lost 12.35 percent.
The Mexican currency stood at 19.8715 pesos per dollar in electronic operations on Sunday at 5:30 p.m. Mexico City time, losing ground against the US currency, as it represents a slight depreciation of 0.07% or 1.43 cents. .
At the end of last week, the Mexican currency was placed at a level of 19.8572 pesos per dollar, which meant an appreciation of 14.91 cents or 0.75 percent.