Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Services, Property and Holding Firms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite added 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were DMCI Holdings Inc (PS:DMC), which rose 4.24% or 0.520 points to trade at 12.780 at the close. Meanwhile, GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP) added 2.81% or 33.00 points to end at 1208.00 and Jollibee Foods Corp (PS:JFC) was up 1.46% or 3.00 points to 208.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Universal Robina Corp (PS:URC), which fell 1.73% or 3.00 points to trade at 170.00 at the close. SM Investments Corp (PS:SM) declined 1.04% or 7.50 points to end at 711.00 and Bank of the Philippine Islands (PS:BPI) was down 1.04% or 1.10 points to 104.70.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 107 to 87 and 45 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.10% or 1.30 to $1282.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $50.74 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.11% or 0.06 to trade at $53.05 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.11% to 7.2300, while USD/PHP fell 0.09% to 49.778.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 99.69.