Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Property, Holding Firms and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite rose 0.62%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Energy Development Corp (PS:EDC), which rose 2.43% or 0.140 points to trade at 5.910 at the close. Meanwhile, Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG) added 1.95% or 0.090 points to end at 4.710 and Emperador Inc (PS:EMP) was up 1.92% or 0.150 points to 7.950 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Globe Telecom Inc (PS:GLO), which fell 1.84% or 38.00 points to trade at 2032.00 at the close. BDO Unibank Inc (PS:BDO) declined 0.57% or 0.70 points to end at 122.80 and Alliance Global Group Inc (PS:AGI) was down 0.14% or 0.020 points to 13.980.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 104 to 103 and 51 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.17% or 2.13 to $1229.63 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.43% or 0.20 to hit $46.74 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.51% or 0.25 to trade at $49.16 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.23% to 7.4882, while USD/PHP rose 0.09% to 50.675.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 95.05.