Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking & Financials, Industrials and Holding Firms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite added 1.19%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Bk Of Phi Isla (PS:BPI), which rose 4.29% or 4.20 points to trade at 102.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Universal Robi (PS:URC) added 4.25% or 8.100 points to end at 198.900 and Bdo Unibank (PS:BDO) was up 2.78% or 3.00 points to 111.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bloomberry Res (PS:BLOOM), which fell 2.37% or 0.230 points to trade at 9.470 at the close. Metro Pacifi I (PS:MPI) declined 1.56% or 0.070 points to end at 4.430 and Gt Capital Hol (PS:GTCAP) was down 1.15% or 16.000 points to 1380.000.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 86 to 82 and 19 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.19% or 2.30 to $1187.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.94% or 0.56 to hit $59.73 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.73% or 0.48 to trade at $65.08 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.01% to 7.1849, while USD/PHP fell 0.01% to 44.533.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.57% at 97.49.