Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Property, Mining & Oil and Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite gained 1.03%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Bank of the Philippine Islands (PS:BPI), which rose 2.82% or 2.90 points to trade at 105.90 at the close. Meanwhile, PLDT Inc (PS:TEL) added 2.67% or 40.00 points to end at 1540.00 and JG Summit Holdings Inc (PS:JGS) was up 2.40% or 1.750 points to 74.600 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN), which fell 2.85% or 0.50 points to trade at 17.02 at the close. BDO Unibank Inc (PS:BDO) declined 1.40% or 2.20 points to end at 154.80 and San Miguel Corp (PS:SMC) was down 1.27% or 1.40 points to 108.80.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 104 to 100 and 44 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.15% or 1.90 to $1259.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.68% or 0.39 to hit $57.72 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.82% or 0.52 to trade at $63.75 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.24% to 7.6292, while USD/PHP fell 0.01% to 50.460.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 93.32.