Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Mining & Oil, Property and Holding Firms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite rose 0.75%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Philex Mining (PS:PX), which rose 5.49% or 0.390 points to trade at 7.490 at the close. Meanwhile, Gt Capital Hol (PS:GTCAP) added 5.47% or 70.000 points to end at 1350.000 and Ayala Corp (PS:AC) was up 3.39% or 26.000 points to 793.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Metro Pacifi I (PS:MPI), which fell 2.51% or 0.120 points to trade at 4.660 at the close. Metropolitan B (PS:MBT) declined 2.02% or 2.00 points to end at 97.00 and San Miguel Cor (PS:SMC) was down 0.94% or 0.650 points to 68.550.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 120 to 73 and 18 ended unchanged.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.08% or 1.00 to $1187.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.41% or 0.23 to hit $55.93 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.46% or 0.29 to trade at $62.44 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.06% to 7.1410, while USD/PHP rose 0.11% to 44.265.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.11% at 98.35.