Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Industrials, Property and Banking & Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite gained 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Universal Robina Corp (PS:URC), which rose 2.97% or 4.90 points to trade at 170.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Jollibee Foods Corp (PS:JFC) added 2.59% or 5.20 points to end at 206.20 and Ayala Land Inc (PS:ALI) was up 2.23% or 0.850 points to 38.950 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP), which fell 1.25% or 15.00 points to trade at 1185.00 at the close. Semirara Mining Corp (PS:SCC) declined 1.24% or 2.00 points to end at 158.80 and SM Investments Corp (PS:SM) was down 0.95% or 7.50 points to 780.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 97 to 95 and 44 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.22% or 2.78 to $1252.72 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.56% or 0.29 to hit $51.76 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.61% or 0.33 to trade at $54.48 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.10% to 7.2445, while USD/PHP rose 0.20% to 49.935.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 97.17.