Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking & Financials, Property and Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite added 0.41%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN), which rose 2.63% or 0.55 points to trade at 21.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Bank of the Philippine Islands (PS:BPI) added 2.27% or 2.30 points to end at 103.50 and Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co (PS:MBT) was up 1.88% or 1.50 points to 81.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Petron Corp (PS:PCOR), which fell 3.15% or 0.280 points to trade at 8.620 at the close. LT Group Inc (PS:LTG) declined 1.50% or 0.240 points to end at 15.780 and Aboitiz Power Corp (PS:AP) was down 1.08% or 0.45 points to 41.30.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 100 to 78 and 50 ended unchanged.
Shares in Aboitiz Power Corp (PS:AP) fell to 52-week lows; falling 1.08% or 0.45 to 41.30.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.27% or 3.35 to $1247.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $50.60 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.09% or 0.05 to trade at $53.48 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.07% to 7.2812, while USD/PHP fell 0.06% to 50.150.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 100.36.