Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Holding Firms, Mining & Oil and Property sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite gained 0.82%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co (PS:MBT), which rose 2.65% or 2.05 points to trade at 79.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Ayala Corp (PS:AC) added 2.02% or 16.000 points to end at 809.000 and JG Summit Holdings Inc (PS:JGS) was up 1.94% or 1.400 points to 73.400 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Petron Corp (PS:PCOR), which fell 2.53% or 0.240 points to trade at 9.260 at the close. PLDT Inc (PS:TEL) declined 0.99% or 15.00 points to end at 1505.00 and GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP) was down 0.88% or 11.000 points to 1240.000.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 112 to 90 and 40 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.25% or 3.15 to $1232.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.32% or 0.17 to hit $53.69 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.25% or 0.14 to trade at $56.56 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.05% to 7.2603, while USD/PHP fell 0.05% to 49.934.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 100.61.