Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Property, Industrials and Banking & Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite added 0.90%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Ayala Land Inc (PS:ALI), which rose 3.14% or 1.250 points to trade at 41.000 at the close. Meanwhile, BDO Unibank Inc (PS:BDO) added 3.01% or 4.00 points to end at 137.00 and Universal Robina Corp (PS:URC) was up 2.64% or 3.60 points to 140.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Semirara Mining Corp (PS:SCC), which fell 2.58% or 0.80 points to trade at 30.20 at the close. First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN) declined 2.31% or 0.38 points to end at 16.08 and International Container Terminal Services Inc (PS:ICT) was down 1.95% or 1.900 points to 95.600.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 105 to 104 and 39 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.09% or 1.20 to $1348.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.96% or 0.64 to hit $67.16 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.82% or 0.59 to trade at $72.17 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.02% to 8.2846, while USD/PHP rose 0.03% to 52.096.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 89.36.