Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking & Financials, Property and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite rose 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co (PS:MBT), which rose 2.84% or 2.25 points to trade at 81.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Ayala Corp (PS:AC) added 2.44% or 19.500 points to end at 819.500 and Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG) was up 1.65% or 0.060 points to 3.700 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP), which fell 2.24% or 31.000 points to trade at 1350.000 at the close. Metro Pacific Investments Corp (PS:MPI) declined 2.21% or 0.150 points to end at 6.650 and Universal Robina Corp (PS:URC) was down 1.79% or 3.000 points to 165.000.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 89 to 87 and 44 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.04% or 0.50 to $1191.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.19% or 0.10 to hit $53.07 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.39% or 0.22 to trade at $55.48 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.09% to 7.2393, while USD/PHP fell 0.08% to 49.820.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 100.53.