Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Holding Firms, Mining & Oil and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite rose 1.36%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Manila Electric Co (PS:MER), which rose 6.22% or 18.40 points to trade at 314.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Metro Pacific Investments Corp (PS:MPI) added 5.47% or 0.250 points to end at 4.820 and Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc (PS:AEV) was up 4.11% or 2.750 points to 69.600 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were International Container Terminal Services Inc (PS:ICT), which fell 2.03% or 1.750 points to trade at 84.250 at the close. Bank of the Philippine Islands (PS:BPI) declined 1.90% or 2.00 points to end at 103.00 and Aboitiz Power Corp (PS:AP) was down 0.64% or 0.25 points to 38.70.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 124 to 68 and 52 ended unchanged.
Shares in International Container Terminal Services Inc (PS:ICT) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.03% or 1.750 to 84.250.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.02% or 0.20 to $1318.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.40% or 0.27 to hit $67.92 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.29% or 0.22 to trade at $74.52 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.27% to 8.1929, while USD/PHP fell 0.07% to 51.930.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 91.67.