Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Mining & Oil, Banking & Financials and Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite rose 0.36%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Robinsons Land Corp (PS:RLC), which rose 9.98% or 2.000 points to trade at 22.050 at the close. Meanwhile, Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG) added 6.81% or 0.310 points to end at 4.860 and Globe Telecom Inc (PS:GLO) was up 6.11% or 93.00 points to 1616.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Petron Corp (PS:PCOR), which fell 3.70% or 0.340 points to trade at 8.850 at the close. Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc (PS:AEV) declined 2.78% or 1.650 points to end at 57.800 and Universal Robina Corp (PS:URC) was down 2.51% or 3.30 points to 128.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 102 to 100 and 41 ended unchanged.
Shares in Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc (PS:AEV) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.78% or 1.650 to 57.800. Shares in Universal Robina Corp (PS:URC) fell to 3-years lows; losing 2.51% or 3.30 to 128.00.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.25% or 3.20 to $1304.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.48% or 0.33 to hit $67.88 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.39% or 0.30 to trade at $77.42 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.23% to 8.2058, while USD/PHP fell 0.06% to 52.530.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 93.75.