Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Holding Firms, Mining & Oil and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite added 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were JG Summit Holdings Inc (PS:JGS), which rose 3.49% or 2.600 points to trade at 77.000 at the close. Meanwhile, Robinsons Land Corp (PS:RLC) added 3.45% or 0.850 points to end at 25.500 and Security Bank Corp (PS:SECB) was up 2.41% or 6.00 points to 255.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co (PS:MBT), which fell 2.79% or 2.50 points to trade at 87.00 at the close. GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP) declined 2.42% or 28.00 points to end at 1127.00 and Manila Electric Co (PS:MER) was down 1.81% or 5.20 points to 282.40.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 106 to 91 and 40 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.28% or 3.56 to $1274.74 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.46% or 0.24 to hit $52.23 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.22% or 0.13 to trade at $58.20 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.17% to 7.7957, while USD/PHP rose 0.44% to 51.765.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 93.78.