Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Property, Holding Firms and Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite rose 2.28%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Sm Investment (PS:SM), which rose 6.24% or 52.500 points to trade at 894.500 at the close. Meanwhile, Energy Develop (PS:EDC) added 5.58% or 0.290 points to end at 5.490 and Ayala Land (PS:ALI) was up 4.81% or 1.650 points to 35.950 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Philex Mining (PS:PX), which fell 2.36% or 0.120 points to trade at 4.970 at the close. San Miguel Cor (PS:SMC) declined 2.29% or 1.100 points to end at 46.950 and Lt Group (PS:LTG) was down 0.32% or 0.040 points to 12.460.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 108 to 72 and 12 ended unchanged.
Shares in San Miguel Cor (PS:SMC) fell to 3-years lows; falling 2.29% or 1.100 to 46.950.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.25% or 2.80 to $1106.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.47% or 0.21 to hit $44.42 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.12% or 0.55 to trade at $48.49 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.14% to 7.3440, while USD/PHP fell 0.26% to 46.765.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.12% at 95.26.