Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Mining & Oil, Industrials and Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite added 1.75%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Universal Robina Corp (PS:URC), which rose 7.03% or 9.00 points to trade at 137.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Robinsons Retail Holdings Inc (PS:RRHI) added 6.67% or 5.000 points to end at 80.000 and Puregold Price Club Inc (PS:PGOLD) was up 6.17% or 2.500 points to 43.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Globe Telecom Inc (PS:GLO), which fell 2.23% or 48.00 points to trade at 2100.00 at the close. DMCI Holdings Inc (PS:DMC) declined 1.48% or 0.180 points to end at 12.000 and Manila Electric Co (PS:MER) was down 1.46% or 5.20 points to 351.80.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 125 to 56 and 47 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.55% or 6.80 to $1220.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.14% or 0.81 to hit $71.78 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.02% or 0.82 to trade at $81.08 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.09% to 7.8150, while USD/PHP rose 0.09% to 54.100.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 94.79.