Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Mining & Oil, Services and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite rose 0.49%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN), which rose 2.93% or 0.50 points to trade at 17.56 at the close. Meanwhile, Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG) added 2.32% or 0.120 points to end at 5.300 and Semirara Mining Corp (PS:SCC) was up 2.14% or 3.70 points to 177.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were San Miguel Corp (PS:SMC), which fell 1.53% or 1.50 points to trade at 96.60 at the close. LT Group Inc (PS:LTG) declined 1.11% or 0.200 points to end at 17.800 and Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc (PS:AEV) was down 0.61% or 0.450 points to 73.550.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 113 to 77 and 56 ended unchanged.
Shares in Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 2.32% or 0.120 to 5.300. Shares in Semirara Mining Corp (PS:SCC) rose to 5-year highs; up 2.14% or 3.70 to 177.00.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.32% or 4.31 to $1343.31 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.22% or 0.11 to hit $49.27 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.59% or 0.32 to trade at $54.52 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.06% to 7.8287, while USD/PHP fell 0.47% to 50.874.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 91.97.