Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Property, Mining & Oil and Banking & Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite gained 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Sm Prime Hldgs (PS:SMPH), which rose 6.43% or 1.350 points to trade at 22.350 at the close. Meanwhile, Philex Mining (PS:PX) added 1.98% or 0.100 points to end at 5.150 and Metro Pacifi I (PS:MPI) was up 1.79% or 0.090 points to 5.130 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bloomberry Res (PS:BLOOM), which fell 3.63% or 0.240 points to trade at 6.370 at the close. Intl Container (PS:ICT) declined 2.97% or 2.600 points to end at 84.900 and Sm Investment (PS:SM) was down 2.22% or 20.000 points to 880.000.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 104 to 87 and 11 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sm Prime Hldgs (PS:SMPH) rose to all time highs; gaining 6.43% or 1.350 to 22.350. Shares in Bloomberry Res (PS:BLOOM) fell to 3-years lows; falling 3.63% or 0.240 to 6.370. Shares in Intl Container (PS:ICT) fell to 52-week lows; down 2.97% or 2.600 to 84.900.
Gold for December delivery was up 1.25% or 14.00 to $1131.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.80% or 0.38 to hit $46.52 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.11% or 0.06 to trade at $49.13 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.21% to 7.2796, while USD/PHP fell 0.26% to 46.320.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.29% at 94.36.