Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Property, Holding Firms and Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite gained 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Robinsons Land Corp (PS:RLC), which rose 2.36% or 0.550 points to trade at 23.900 at the close. Meanwhile, Alliance Global Group Inc (PS:AGI) added 1.63% or 0.240 points to end at 14.940 and DMCI Holdings Inc (PS:DMC) was up 1.52% or 0.240 points to 16.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bank of the Philippine Islands (PS:BPI), which fell 1.45% or 1.50 points to trade at 102.00 at the close. LT Group Inc (PS:LTG) declined 1.14% or 0.200 points to end at 17.300 and JG Summit Holdings Inc (PS:JGS) was down 1.09% or 0.800 points to 72.700.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 110 to 87 and 50 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.63% or 8.54 to $1342.66 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.63% or 0.30 to hit $47.78 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.43% or 0.23 to trade at $53.55 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.72% to 7.7944, while USD/PHP fell 0.04% to 50.853.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 91.45.