Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Property, Mining & Oil and Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite added 0.44% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Globe Telecom Inc (PS:GLO), which rose 3.03% or 60.00 points to trade at 2040.00 at the close. Meanwhile, First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN) added 2.70% or 0.50 points to end at 19.00 and International Container Terminal Services Inc (PS:ICT) was up 2.45% or 2.600 points to 108.800 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP), which fell 2.09% or 25.00 points to trade at 1174.00 at the close. Alliance Global Group Inc (PS:AGI) declined 1.88% or 0.280 points to end at 14.580 and LT Group Inc (PS:LTG) was down 1.02% or 0.180 points to 17.500.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 100 to 98 and 49 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.22% or 2.91 to $1332.21 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.62% or 0.31 to hit $49.58 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.54% or 0.30 to trade at $55.17 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.10% to 7.8286, while USD/PHP rose 0.10% to 51.230.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 92.03.