Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Industrials, Property and Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite gained 0.59%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Jollibee Foods Corp (PS:JFC), which rose 7.54% or 21.40 points to trade at 305.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG) added 3.16% or 0.150 points to end at 4.900 and Security Bank Corp (PS:SECB) was up 2.87% or 7.00 points to 251.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc (PS:AEV), which fell 5.01% or 3.800 points to trade at 72.050 at the close. Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co (PS:MBT) declined 3.57% or 3.28 points to end at 88.50 and Emperador Inc (PS:EMP) was down 3.53% or 0.270 points to 7.370.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 137 to 75 and 42 ended unchanged.
Shares in Jollibee Foods Corp (PS:JFC) rose to all time highs; rising 7.54% or 21.40 to 305.40.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.06% or 0.80 to $1318.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.08% or 0.05 to hit $61.24 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.06% or 0.04 to trade at $65.16 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.41% to 8.2130, while USD/PHP fell 0.34% to 51.960.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 89.99.