Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Services, Industrials and Property sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite rose 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were PLDT Inc (PS:TEL), which rose 3.80% or 61.00 points to trade at 1668.00 at the close. Meanwhile, First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN) added 2.83% or 0.52 points to end at 18.92 and Metro Pacific Investments Corp (PS:MPI) was up 2.29% or 0.150 points to 6.700 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were JG Summit Holdings Inc (PS:JGS), which fell 3.23% or 2.500 points to trade at 75.000 at the close. Security Bank Corp (PS:SECB) declined 2.33% or 5.80 points to end at 243.20 and Robinsons Land Corp (PS:RLC) was down 1.56% or 0.400 points to 25.300.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 131 to 77 and 48 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.23% or 2.97 to $1291.67 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.27% or 0.14 to hit $51.70 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.24% or 0.14 to trade at $57.30 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.34% to 7.6554, while USD/PHP fell 0.26% to 50.845.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 92.96.