Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Services, Property and Banking & Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite added 1.62%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Bloomberry Res (PS:BLOOM), which rose 9.03% or 0.440 points to trade at 5.310 at the close. Meanwhile, Metropolitan B (PS:MBT) added 4.94% or 4.00 points to end at 85.00 and Sm Prime Hldgs (PS:SMPH) was up 4.88% or 1.000 points to 21.500 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Globe Telecom (PS:GLO), which fell 1.02% or 24.000 points to trade at 2330.000 at the close. Energy Develop (PS:EDC) declined 0.85% or 0.050 points to end at 5.840 and Dmci Holdings (PS:DMC) was down 0.64% or 0.080 points to 12.340.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 117 to 66 and 11 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.11% or 1.20 to $1135.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.19% or 0.54 to hit $46.08 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.29% or 0.62 to trade at $48.75 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.61% to 7.3150, while USD/PHP fell 0.61% to 46.495.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.32% at 95.74.