Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Property, Holding Firms and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite rose 1.59%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Universal Robina Corp (PS:URC), which rose 5.88% or 8.00 points to trade at 144.00 at the close. Meanwhile, GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP) added 3.98% or 45.00 points to end at 1175.00 and JG Summit Holdings Inc (PS:JGS) was up 3.68% or 2.450 points to 69.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Semirara Mining Corp (PS:SCC), which fell 2.76% or 1.05 points to trade at 36.95 at the close. Emperador Inc (PS:EMP) declined 0.14% or 0.010 points to end at 7.240 and Globe Telecom Inc (PS:GLO) was down 0.11% or 2.00 points to 1760.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 121 to 65 and 50 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.34% or 4.20 to $1248.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.25% or 0.14 to hit $56.83 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.40% or 0.25 to trade at $62.45 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.12% to 7.6409, while USD/PHP fell 0.26% to 50.570.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 93.96.