Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Property, Holding Firms and Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite gained 0.79%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were JG Summit Holdings Inc (PS:JGS), which rose 3.81% or 2.250 points to trade at 61.250 at the close. Meanwhile, GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP) added 3.40% or 34.00 points to end at 1034.00 and Ayala Land Inc (PS:ALI) was up 3.02% or 1.200 points to 41.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were DMCI Holdings Inc (PS:DMC), which fell 5.46% or 0.660 points to trade at 11.420 at the close. Manila Electric Co (PS:MER) declined 3.65% or 11.20 points to end at 295.80 and Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co (PS:MBT) was down 2.57% or 2.15 points to 81.60.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 113 to 88 and 38 ended unchanged.
Shares in DMCI Holdings Inc (PS:DMC) fell to 52-week lows; down 5.46% or 0.660 to 11.420.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.16% or 2.10 to $1324.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.18% or 0.12 to hit $68.17 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.39% or 0.29 to trade at $74.29 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.25% to 8.2398, while USD/PHP fell 0.19% to 52.162.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 91.00.