Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Industrials, Services and Holding Firms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite added 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Emperador Inc (PS:EMP), which rose 2.07% or 0.160 points to trade at 7.880 at the close. Meanwhile, Aboitiz Power Corp (PS:AP) added 1.67% or 0.65 points to end at 39.55 and Globe Telecom Inc (PS:GLO) was up 1.46% or 30.00 points to 2080.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG), which fell 1.09% or 0.050 points to trade at 4.550 at the close. Alliance Global Group Inc (PS:AGI) declined 0.98% or 0.140 points to end at 14.180 and Security Bank Corp (PS:SECB) was down 0.81% or 1.80 points to 219.40.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 114 to 86 and 44 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.18% or 2.23 to $1221.43 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $47.05 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.10% or 0.05 to trade at $49.66 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.15% to 7.4450, while USD/PHP rose 0.16% to 50.620.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 96.03.