Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Industrials, Property and Holding Firms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite rose 1.76%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were DMCI Holdings Inc (PS:DMC), which rose 5.65% or 0.620 points to trade at 11.600 at the close. Meanwhile, Universal Robina Corp (PS:URC) added 4.83% or 6.40 points to end at 139.00 and Jollibee Foods Corp (PS:JFC) was up 4.76% or 13.00 points to 286.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co (PS:MBT), which fell 1.56% or 1.15 points to trade at 72.45 at the close. San Miguel Corp (PS:SMC) declined 0.14% or 0.20 points to end at 147.30 and First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN) was down 0.13% or 0.02 points to 15.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 103 to 101 and 36 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.02% or 0.30 to $1200.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.67% or 0.44 to hit $66.28 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.94% or 0.68 to trade at $73.31 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.10% to 7.8065, while USD/PHP rose 0.20% to 53.480.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 95.25.