Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Banking & Financials, Property and Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite rose 0.34%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Alliance Global Group Inc (PS:AGI), which rose 4.47% or 0.680 points to trade at 15.880 at the close. Meanwhile, DMCI Holdings Inc (PS:DMC) added 2.89% or 0.440 points to end at 15.680 and Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co (PS:MBT) was up 2.24% or 1.95 points to 88.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were JG Summit Holdings Inc (PS:JGS), which fell 2.04% or 1.550 points to trade at 74.600 at the close. SM Investments Corp (PS:SM) declined 1.27% or 12.00 points to end at 935.00 and Security Bank Corp (PS:SECB) was down 1.18% or 3.00 points to 252.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 95 to 95 and 46 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $1269.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $52.62 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.05% or 0.03 to trade at $59.27 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.62% to 7.7760, while USD/PHP fell 0.06% to 51.725.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 94.72.