Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Property, Holding Firms and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite rose 0.66%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were JG Summit Holdings Inc (PS:JGS), which rose 3.73% or 1.900 points to trade at 52.900 at the close. Meanwhile, First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN) added 3.10% or 0.46 points to end at 15.30 and Universal Robina Corp (PS:URC) was up 2.44% or 3.00 points to 126.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Petron Corp (PS:PCOR), which fell 2.27% or 0.200 points to trade at 8.600 at the close. Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co (PS:MBT) declined 1.14% or 0.80 points to end at 69.50 and Emperador Inc (PS:EMP) was down 0.55% or 0.040 points to 7.290.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 103 to 89 and 46 ended unchanged.
Shares in Petron Corp (PS:PCOR) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.27% or 0.200 to 8.600.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.46% or 5.70 to $1240.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.55% or 0.39 to hit $69.94 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.24% or 0.92 to trade at $73.53 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.38% to 7.9946, while USD/PHP rose 0.19% to 53.542.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 94.97.