Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking & Financials, Holding Firms and Property sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite gained 1.80% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG), which rose 6.94% or 0.370 points to trade at 5.700 at the close. Meanwhile, Ayala Corp (PS:AC) added 5.72% or 59.00 points to end at 1090.00 and BDO Unibank Inc (PS:BDO) was up 4.73% or 6.50 points to 144.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Semirara Mining Corp (PS:SCC), which fell 2.35% or 1.00 points to trade at 41.50 at the close. LT Group Inc (PS:LTG) declined 2.11% or 0.380 points to end at 17.600 and International Container Terminal Services Inc (PS:ICT) was down 1.98% or 2.100 points to 103.800.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 116 to 79 and 47 ended unchanged.
Shares in Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG) rose to 52-week highs; rising 6.94% or 0.370 to 5.700.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.01% or 0.10 to $1277.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.31% or 0.17 to hit $54.13 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.31% or 0.19 to trade at $60.30 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.28% to 7.7811, while USD/PHP fell 0.28% to 51.416.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 94.57.