Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Mining & Oil, Holding Firms and Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite gained 0.14%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Petron (PS:PCOR), which rose 3.16% or 0.300 points to trade at 9.800 at the close. Meanwhile, Globe Telecom (PS:GLO) added 2.56% or 58.000 points to end at 2320.000 and Alliance Globa (PS:AGI) was up 2.48% or 0.650 points to 26.850 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Philex Mining (PS:PX), which fell 4.11% or 0.300 points to trade at 7.000 at the close. Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG) declined 2.18% or 0.120 points to end at 5.380 and Bloomberry Res (PS:BLOOM) was down 2.07% or 0.240 points to 11.360.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 107 to 94 and 10 ended unchanged.
Shares in Globe Telecom (PS:GLO) rose to all time highs; up 2.56% or 58.000 to 2320.000.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.56% or 6.60 to $1181.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.18% or 0.10 to hit $57.26 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.34% or 0.22 to trade at $65.50 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.19% to 7.1279, while USD/PHP rose 0.11% to 44.290.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.25% at 97.32.