Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Services, Banking & Financials and Mining & Oil sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite rose 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Semirara Minin (PS:SCC), which rose 3.24% or 4.0000 points to trade at 127.0000 at the close. Meanwhile, Bloomberry Res (PS:BLOOM) added 2.92% or 0.210 points to end at 7.400 and Metropolitan B (PS:MBT) was up 2.55% or 2.10 points to 84.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Alliance Globa (PS:AGI), which fell 5.32% or 1.150 points to trade at 20.250 at the close. Lt Group (PS:LTG) declined 1.94% or 0.280 points to end at 14.160 and San Miguel Cor (PS:SMC) was down 1.08% or 0.600 points to 56.000.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 97 to 87 and 22 ended unchanged.
Shares in Alliance Globa (PS:AGI) fell to 52-week lows; losing 5.32% or 1.150 to 20.250.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.47% or 5.20 to $1122.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $43.11 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.36% or 0.17 to trade at $48.98 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.17% to 7.2334, while USD/PHP fell 0.13% to 46.265.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.18% at 96.81.