Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking & Financials, Holding Firms and Property sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite rose 1.22%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Bank of the Philippine Islands (PS:BPI), which rose 5.32% or 5.00 points to trade at 99.00 at the close. Meanwhile, DMCI Holdings Inc (PS:DMC) added 3.70% or 0.380 points to end at 10.660 and Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc (PS:AEV) was up 3.12% or 1.950 points to 64.500 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Semirara Mining Corp (PS:SCC), which fell 2.59% or 0.75 points to trade at 28.20 at the close. Petron Corp (PS:PCOR) declined 1.28% or 0.120 points to end at 9.280 and Ayala Corp (PS:AC) was down 0.84% or 8.00 points to 942.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 109 to 74 and 57 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.57% or 7.30 to $1296.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.43% or 0.31 to hit $71.53 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.56% or 0.45 to trade at $79.35 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.49% to 8.2395, while USD/PHP rose 0.23% to 52.593.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 93.64.