Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Holding Firms, Industrials and Property sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite rose 0.78%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Universal Robina Corp (PS:URC), which rose 2.99% or 4.90 points to trade at 168.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG) added 2.27% or 0.100 points to end at 4.510 and SM Investments Corp (PS:SM) was up 2.26% or 17.50 points to 792.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP), which fell 0.67% or 8.00 points to trade at 1192.00 at the close. BDO Unibank Inc (PS:BDO) declined 0.57% or 0.70 points to end at 121.30 and Globe Telecom Inc (PS:GLO) was down 0.56% or 12.00 points to 2144.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 100 to 93 and 49 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.33% or 4.14 to $1252.36 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.47% or 0.21 to hit $44.76 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.36% or 0.17 to trade at $47.20 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.03% to 7.3240, while USD/PHP rose 0.07% to 49.931.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 96.89.