Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Property, Mining & Oil and Holding Firms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite added 1.40%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Sm Investment (PS:SM), which rose 4.29% or 37.000 points to trade at 897.000 at the close. Meanwhile, Philex Mining (PS:PX) added 3.24% or 0.180 points to end at 5.740 and Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG) was up 3.16% or 0.150 points to 4.900 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bk Of Phi Isla (PS:BPI), which fell 0.95% or 0.90 points to trade at 94.00 at the close. Lt Group (PS:LTG) declined 0.63% or 0.080 points to end at 12.560 and Petron (PS:PCOR) was down 0.60% or 0.050 points to 8.360.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 108 to 69 and 19 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.26% or 3.00 to $1154.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.04% or 1.07 to hit $51.66 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 2.22% or 1.31 to trade at $57.69 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.17% to 7.2736, while USD/PHP rose 0.15% to 45.155.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.55% at 96.48.