Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Holding Firms, Industrials and Mining & Oil sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite added 0.32%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Jollibee Foods Corp (PS:JFC), which rose 3.30% or 7.000 points to trade at 219.000 at the close. Meanwhile, SM Investments Corp (PS:SM) added 3.17% or 20.000 points to end at 650.000 and Petron Corp (PS:PCOR) was up 2.74% or 0.270 points to 10.120 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PLDT Inc (PS:TEL), which fell 2.31% or 30.00 points to trade at 1270.00 at the close. SM Prime Holdings Inc (PS:SMPH) declined 2.19% or 0.600 points to end at 26.800 and LT Group Inc (PS:LTG) was down 1.97% or 0.260 points to 12.940.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 89 to 89 and 45 ended unchanged.
Shares in LT Group Inc (PS:LTG) fell to 52-week lows; losing 1.97% or 0.260 to 12.940.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.68% or 7.95 to $1177.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $51.04 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.33% or 0.18 to trade at $53.76 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.15% to 7.2100, while USD/PHP fell 0.27% to 49.620.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 100.94.