Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Holding Firms, Services and Mining & Oil sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite added 0.64%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were JG Summit Holdings Inc (PS:JGS), which rose 3.73% or 2.950 points to trade at 81.950 at the close. Meanwhile, Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG) added 2.29% or 0.080 points to end at 3.580 and Petron Corp (PS:PCOR) was up 2.27% or 0.200 points to 9.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Robinsons Land Corp (PS:RLC), which fell 2.95% or 0.700 points to trade at 23.000 at the close. Manila Electric Co (PS:MER) declined 2.19% or 6.20 points to end at 276.60 and First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN) was down 2.18% or 0.50 points to 22.40.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 94 to 82 and 59 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.18% or 2.25 to $1247.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.44% or 0.21 to hit $48.25 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.38% or 0.19 to trade at $50.83 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.03% to 7.3076, while USD/PHP rose 0.06% to 50.340.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 99.58.