Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Property, Industrials and Holding Firms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite added 0.58%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Aboitiz Power Corp (PS:AP), which rose 4.89% or 1.85 points to trade at 39.70 at the close. Meanwhile, LT Group Inc (PS:LTG) added 4.70% or 0.860 points to end at 19.160 and Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG) was up 2.80% or 0.120 points to 4.400 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bank of the Philippine Islands (PS:BPI), which fell 2.75% or 3.00 points to trade at 106.00 at the close. Alliance Global Group Inc (PS:AGI) declined 2.67% or 0.360 points to end at 13.140 and Globe Telecom Inc (PS:GLO) was down 2.23% or 35.00 points to 1535.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 121 to 82 and 40 ended unchanged.
Shares in Globe Telecom Inc (PS:GLO) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.23% or 35.00 to 1535.00.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.32% or 4.30 to $1344.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.06% or 0.04 to hit $68.33 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $73.78 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.24% to 8.2837, while USD/PHP fell 0.07% to 52.099.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 89.76.