Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Holding Firms, Mining & Oil and Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite added 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were LT Group Inc (PS:LTG), which rose 2.51% or 0.440 points to trade at 17.960 at the close. Meanwhile, Metro Pacific Investments Corp (PS:MPI) added 1.54% or 0.100 points to end at 6.600 and JG Summit Holdings Inc (PS:JGS) was up 1.39% or 1.000 points to 72.800 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were International Container Terminal Services Inc (PS:ICT), which fell 1.42% or 1.500 points to trade at 104.200 at the close. Petron Corp (PS:PCOR) declined 1.05% or 0.100 points to end at 9.410 and DMCI Holdings Inc (PS:DMC) was down 0.89% or 0.140 points to 15.660.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 98 to 95 and 49 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.13% or 1.64 to $1293.64 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.84% or 0.40 to hit $47.83 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.86% or 0.45 to trade at $52.49 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.08% to 7.6638, while USD/PHP rose 0.08% to 51.060.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 93.22.