Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Property, Industrials and Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite added 1.25%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were International Container Terminal Services Inc (PS:ICT), which rose 4.15% or 2.950 points to trade at 73.950 at the close. Meanwhile, Universal Robina Corp (PS:URC) added 3.84% or 6.400 points to end at 173.000 and Energy Development Corp (PS:EDC) was up 3.02% or 0.160 points to 5.460 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN), which fell 1.11% or 0.25 points to trade at 22.35 at the close. Security Bank Corp (PS:SECB) declined 0.47% or 1.00 points to end at 213.00 and DMCI Holdings Inc (PS:DMC) was down 0.46% or 0.060 points to 13.100.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 110 to 69 and 51 ended unchanged.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.92% or 11.15 to $1200.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.31% or 0.67 to hit $51.75 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.39% or 0.75 to trade at $54.67 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.58% to 7.2723, while USD/PHP rose 0.39% to 50.003.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 101.17.