Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Property, Services and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite added 1.32%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Bloomberry Res (PS:BLOOM), which rose 4.29% or 0.480 points to trade at 11.680 at the close. Meanwhile, Jollibee Foods (PS:JFC) added 4.02% or 8.000 points to end at 207.000 and Ayala Land (PS:ALI) was up 3.49% or 1.350 points to 40.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lt Group (PS:LTG), which fell 1.74% or 0.260 points to trade at 14.640 at the close. Semirara Minin (PS:SCC) declined 1.03% or 1.7000 points to end at 163.8000 and San Miguel Cor (PS:SMC) was down 0.80% or 0.550 points to 67.950.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 100 to 86 and 27 ended unchanged.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.60% or 7.10 to $1181.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.30% or 0.18 to hit $59.33 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.50% or 0.34 to trade at $66.80 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.12% to 7.1903, while USD/PHP rose 0.24% to 44.640.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.24% at 95.61.