Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Property, Holding Firms and Mining & Oil sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite added 1.62%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Jg Summit (PS:JGS), which rose 4.62% or 3.000 points to trade at 68.000 at the close. Meanwhile, Ayala Land (PS:ALI) added 4.00% or 1.500 points to end at 39.000 and Gt Capital Hol (PS:GTCAP) was up 3.84% or 50.000 points to 1351.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bloomberry Res (PS:BLOOM), which fell 1.56% or 0.140 points to trade at 8.830 at the close. First Gen (PS:FGEN) declined 1.38% or 0.35 points to end at 25.00 and Petron (PS:PCOR) was down 1.32% or 0.120 points to 9.000.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 109 to 67 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in Petron (PS:PCOR) fell to 3-years lows; falling 1.32% or 0.120 to 9.000.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.32% or 3.80 to $1182.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.42% or 0.26 to hit $61.17 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $65.69 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.29% to 7.2738, while USD/PHP rose 0.30% to 45.145.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.55% at 95.11.