Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Holding Firms, Mining & Oil and Property sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite gained 0.75%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were LT Group Inc (PS:LTG), which rose 4.89% or 0.920 points to trade at 19.720 at the close. Meanwhile, DMCI Holdings Inc (PS:DMC) added 4.28% or 0.520 points to end at 12.680 and JG Summit Holdings Inc (PS:JGS) was up 3.35% or 2.100 points to 64.800 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ayala Corp (PS:AC), which fell 2.64% or 25.00 points to trade at 923.00 at the close. International Container Terminal Services Inc (PS:ICT) declined 2.00% or 2.000 points to end at 98.000 and Bank of the Philippine Islands (PS:BPI) was down 1.71% or 2.00 points to 115.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 131 to 80 and 36 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.61% or 8.10 to $1335.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.52% or 0.34 to hit $65.28 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.82% or 0.57 to trade at $69.91 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.04% to 8.2910, while USD/PHP fell 0.19% to 52.075.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 89.56.