Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Property, Mining & Oil and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite rose 0.30%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG), which rose 4.65% or 0.200 points to trade at 4.500 at the close. Meanwhile, Aboitiz Power Corp (PS:AP) added 2.70% or 1.05 points to end at 39.95 and Security Bank Corp (PS:SECB) was up 1.84% or 4.00 points to 221.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PLDT Inc (PS:TEL), which fell 1.56% or 28.00 points to trade at 1770.00 at the close. SM Investments Corp (PS:SM) declined 1.00% or 8.00 points to end at 795.00 and First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN) was down 0.74% or 0.14 points to 18.76.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 119 to 72 and 53 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.43% or 5.38 to $1236.92 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.41% or 0.19 to hit $46.23 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.29% or 0.14 to trade at $48.91 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.18% to 7.4577, while USD/PHP rose 0.38% to 50.655.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 95.70.