Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking & Financials, Holding Firms and Mining & Oil sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite rose 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were BDO Unibank Inc (PS:BDO), which rose 1.71% or 2.50 points to trade at 148.70 at the close. Meanwhile, SM Investments Corp (PS:SM) added 1.50% or 14.50 points to end at 980.00 and Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG) was up 1.29% or 0.070 points to 5.490 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were International Container Terminal Services Inc (PS:ICT), which fell 1.90% or 2.000 points to trade at 103.000 at the close. JG Summit Holdings Inc (PS:JGS) declined 1.89% or 1.400 points to end at 72.600 and San Miguel Corp (PS:SMC) was down 1.77% or 2.00 points to 111.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 119 to 82 and 43 ended unchanged.
Shares in BDO Unibank Inc (PS:BDO) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.71% or 2.50 to 148.70.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.33% or 4.25 to $1292.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.16% or 0.09 to hit $56.62 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.37% or 0.23 to trade at $62.49 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.41% to 7.6577, while USD/PHP fell 0.42% to 50.767.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 93.66.