Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Property, Banking & Financials and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite added 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were SM Prime Holdings Inc (PS:SMPH), which rose 2.13% or 0.700 points to trade at 33.500 at the close. Meanwhile, Petron Corp (PS:PCOR) added 2.04% or 0.220 points to end at 10.980 and Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG) was up 1.95% or 0.090 points to 4.710 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were JG Summit Holdings Inc (PS:JGS), which fell 2.41% or 2.000 points to trade at 81.000 at the close. Globe Telecom Inc (PS:GLO) declined 1.72% or 36.00 points to end at 2060.00 and LT Group Inc (PS:LTG) was down 1.23% or 0.200 points to 16.020.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 95 to 93 and 54 ended unchanged.
Shares in SM Prime Holdings Inc (PS:SMPH) rose to all time highs; rising 2.13% or 0.700 to 33.500.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.10% or 1.28 to $1266.82 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.30% or 0.15 to hit $49.65 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.30% or 0.16 to trade at $52.35 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.14% to 7.2696, while USD/PHP rose 0.11% to 49.821.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 97.26.