Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Holding Firms, Property and Banking & Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite rose 0.71%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were BDO Unibank Inc (PS:BDO), which rose 2.48% or 3.00 points to trade at 124.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Robinsons Land Corp (PS:RLC) added 2.32% or 0.550 points to end at 24.250 and Alliance Global Group Inc (PS:AGI) was up 2.14% or 0.300 points to 14.300 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG), which fell 2.27% or 0.100 points to trade at 4.300 at the close. International Container Terminal Services Inc (PS:ICT) declined 1.71% or 1.700 points to end at 97.800 and DMCI Holdings Inc (PS:DMC) was down 1.67% or 0.240 points to 14.100.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 118 to 89 and 38 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.11% or 1.39 to $1244.41 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.82% or 0.37 to hit $45.30 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.73% or 0.35 to trade at $47.98 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.05% to 7.4499, while USD/PHP fell 0.08% to 50.511.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 95.53.