Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Property, Holding Firms and Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite rose 0.64%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Robinsons Land Corp (PS:RLC), which rose 4.67% or 1.400 points to trade at 31.400 at the close. Meanwhile, Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG) added 3.28% or 0.160 points to end at 5.040 and Bloomberry Resorts Corp (PS:BLOOM) was up 1.55% or 0.100 points to 6.540 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were DMCI Holdings Inc (PS:DMC), which fell 0.79% or 0.100 points to trade at 12.600 at the close. Energy Development Corp (PS:EDC) declined 0.67% or 0.040 points to end at 5.960 and Aboitiz Power Corp (PS:AP) was down 0.54% or 0.25 points to 46.15.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 104 to 83 and 47 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.68% or 9.15 to $1337.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.83% or 0.90 to hit $48.21 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 2.06% or 1.05 to trade at $49.83 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.24% to 7.0015, while USD/PHP rose 0.33% to 46.593.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.32% at 94.78.