Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Mining & Oil, Services and Property sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite gained 0.61%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN), which rose 2.97% or 0.65 points to trade at 22.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Energy Development Corp (PS:EDC) added 2.31% or 0.130 points to end at 5.760 and SM Prime Holdings Inc (PS:SMPH) was up 2.27% or 0.500 points to 22.500 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Robinsons Land Corp (PS:RLC), which fell 1.72% or 0.500 points to trade at 28.500 at the close. Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co (PS:MBT) declined 0.53% or 0.45 points to end at 84.55 and Universal Robina Corp (PS:URC) was down 0.46% or 1.000 points to 218.000.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 121 to 69 and 39 ended unchanged.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.55% or 6.80 to $1250.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.33% or 0.13 to hit $39.59 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.38% or 0.16 to trade at $41.78 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.02% to 7.1277, while USD/PHP rose 0.03% to 46.110.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 94.21.