Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Services, Mining & Oil and Holding Firms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite gained 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Alliance Global Group Inc (PS:AGI), which rose 2.96% or 0.400 points to trade at 13.900 at the close. Meanwhile, LT Group Inc (PS:LTG) added 2.16% or 0.380 points to end at 18.000 and Petron Corp (PS:PCOR) was up 2.00% or 0.190 points to 9.690 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co (PS:MBT), which fell 1.64% or 1.45 points to trade at 87.00 at the close. Security Bank Corp (PS:SECB) declined 1.58% or 4.00 points to end at 248.80 and Metro Pacific Investments Corp (PS:MPI) was down 1.53% or 0.100 points to 6.450.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 100 to 91 and 54 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.31% or 4.12 to $1314.78 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.67% or 0.31 to hit $46.13 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.81% or 0.42 to trade at $51.24 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.09% to 7.7621, while USD/PHP fell 0.03% to 51.155.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 92.42.