Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Mining & Oil, Services and Holding Firms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite rose 0.08%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were LT Group Inc (PS:LTG), which rose 1.62% or 0.280 points to trade at 17.520 at the close. Meanwhile, GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP) added 1.61% or 18.00 points to end at 1138.00 and Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc (PS:AEV) was up 1.50% or 1.100 points to 74.250 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN), which fell 2.09% or 0.36 points to trade at 16.84 at the close. Metro Pacific Investments Corp (PS:MPI) declined 1.81% or 0.120 points to end at 6.500 and SM Prime Holdings Inc (PS:SMPH) was down 1.59% or 0.550 points to 34.000.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 97 to 83 and 63 ended unchanged.
Shares in First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN) fell to 3-years lows; falling 2.09% or 0.36 to 16.84.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.26% or 3.41 to $1291.29 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.52% or 0.25 to hit $48.16 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.42% or 0.22 to trade at $52.35 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.43% to 7.6592, while USD/PHP fell 0.40% to 51.035.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 93.29.