Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Mining & Oil, Property and Holding Firms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite added 0.96%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Petron Corp (PS:PCOR), which rose 3.88% or 0.380 points to trade at 10.180 at the close. Meanwhile, JG Summit Holdings Inc (PS:JGS) added 2.79% or 2.000 points to end at 73.800 and Universal Robina Corp (PS:URC) was up 2.67% or 3.90 points to 150.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Security Bank Corp (PS:SECB), which fell 2.24% or 5.60 points to trade at 244.40 at the close. DMCI Holdings Inc (PS:DMC) declined 1.66% or 0.260 points to end at 15.440 and San Miguel Corp (PS:SMC) was down 1.00% or 1.00 points to 99.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 115 to 83 and 50 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.95% or 12.70 to $1343.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.13% or 0.06 to hit $47.23 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.25% or 0.66 to trade at $52.09 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.62% to 7.8482, while USD/PHP rose 0.02% to 51.165.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 92.47.