Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking & Financials, Industrials and Holding Firms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite rose 0.17%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Globe Telecom Inc (PS:GLO), which rose 3.23% or 60.00 points to trade at 1920.00 at the close. Meanwhile, San Miguel Corp (PS:SMC) added 2.96% or 4.20 points to end at 146.20 and Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc (PS:AEV) was up 1.74% or 1.000 points to 58.600 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP), which fell 4.66% or 44.50 points to trade at 910.00 at the close. SM Prime Holdings Inc (PS:SMPH) declined 1.79% or 0.650 points to end at 35.700 and Semirara Mining Corp (PS:SCC) was down 1.60% or 0.50 points to 30.80.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 111 to 91 and 59 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.50% or 6.00 to $1194.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.73% or 0.49 to hit $66.55 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.52% or 0.38 to trade at $72.08 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.20% to 7.7450, while USD/PHP rose 0.15% to 53.535.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 96.68.