Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Property, Services and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite added 0.45% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Robinsons Land Corp (PS:RLC), which rose 4.56% or 1.100 points to trade at 25.200 at the close. Meanwhile, GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP) added 4.43% or 52.00 points to end at 1225.00 and Emperador Inc (PS:EMP) was up 3.04% or 0.190 points to 6.450 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Metro Pacific Investments Corp (PS:MPI), which fell 2.13% or 0.140 points to trade at 6.420 at the close. SM Investments Corp (PS:SM) declined 1.49% or 11.00 points to end at 727.00 and Aboitiz Power Corp (PS:AP) was down 0.95% or 0.40 points to 41.80.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 99 to 88 and 52 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.20% or 2.55 to $1254.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.65% or 0.34 to hit $52.58 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.71% or 0.39 to trade at $55.63 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.40% to 7.1826, while USD/PHP fell 0.35% to 49.615.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 101.16.