Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Mining & Oil, Property and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite added 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc (PS:AEV), which rose 2.75% or 2.100 points to trade at 78.400 at the close. Meanwhile, Semirara Mining Corp (PS:SCC) added 2.45% or 2.8000 points to end at 117.0000 and Ayala Land Inc (PS:ALI) was up 1.97% or 0.750 points to 38.750 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bloomberry Resorts Corp (PS:BLOOM), which fell 2.65% or 0.150 points to trade at 5.520 at the close. International Container Terminal Services Inc (PS:ICT) declined 2.44% or 2.000 points to end at 80.000 and SM Investments Corp (PS:SM) was down 1.72% or 11.500 points to 656.500.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 105 to 82 and 53 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.31% or 4.15 to $1322.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.13% or 0.94 to hit $44.99 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.90% or 0.87 to trade at $46.75 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.10% to 7.1765, while USD/PHP rose 0.09% to 47.885.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.04% at 96.01.