Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Holding Firms, Property and Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite added 0.84%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were SM Prime Holdings Inc (PS:SMPH), which rose 3.64% or 1.300 points to trade at 37.000 at the close. Meanwhile, GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP) added 3.51% or 40.00 points to end at 1180.00 and JG Summit Holdings Inc (PS:JGS) was up 3.08% or 2.300 points to 76.900 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co (PS:MBT), which fell 2.64% or 2.35 points to trade at 86.60 at the close. Security Bank Corp (PS:SECB) declined 2.38% or 6.00 points to end at 246.00 and DMCI Holdings Inc (PS:DMC) was down 2.17% or 0.340 points to 15.340.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 95 to 88 and 58 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.09% or 1.16 to $1270.64 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.20% or 0.11 to hit $54.01 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.45% or 0.27 to trade at $60.40 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.17% to 7.7718, while USD/PHP rose 0.14% to 51.670.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 94.60.