Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrials, Holding Firms and Property sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite added 0.54%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Robinsons Land Corp (PS:RLC), which rose 3.59% or 0.900 points to trade at 25.950 at the close. Meanwhile, JG Summit Holdings Inc (PS:JGS) added 3.27% or 2.600 points to end at 82.000 and DMCI Holdings Inc (PS:DMC) was up 3.20% or 0.380 points to 12.260 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP), which fell 2.57% or 31.00 points to trade at 1175.00 at the close. PLDT Inc (PS:TEL) declined 1.18% or 20.00 points to end at 1680.00 and BDO Unibank Inc (PS:BDO) was down 0.92% or 1.10 points to 118.80.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 96 to 92 and 44 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.15% or 1.90 to $1281.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.67% or 0.34 to hit $51.19 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.77% or 0.41 to trade at $53.34 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.08% to 7.2356, while USD/PHP rose 0.10% to 49.788.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 99.36.