Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Mining & Oil, Industrials and Property sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite added 0.46%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Jollibee Foods Corp (PS:JFC), which rose 6.22% or 14.00 points to trade at 239.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Semirara Mining Corp (PS:SCC) added 4.14% or 7.00 points to end at 176.00 and Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG) was up 1.63% or 0.080 points to 4.980 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were LT Group Inc (PS:LTG), which fell 2.33% or 0.420 points to trade at 17.580 at the close. San Miguel Corp (PS:SMC) declined 1.38% or 1.40 points to end at 100.00 and Security Bank Corp (PS:SECB) was down 1.16% or 3.00 points to 255.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 121 to 67 and 56 ended unchanged.
Shares in Semirara Mining Corp (PS:SCC) rose to 5-year highs; up 4.14% or 7.00 to 176.00.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.27% or 3.45 to $1276.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.55% or 0.26 to hit $47.81 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.69% or 0.35 to trade at $51.15 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.30% to 7.6805, while USD/PHP rose 0.20% to 51.410.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 93.82.