Investing.com – Philippines equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Services, Property and Holding Firms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite added 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were DMCI Holdings Inc (PS:DMC), which rose 4.24% or 0.520 points to trade at 12.780 at the close. GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP) added 2.81% or 33.00 points to end at 1208.00 and Jollibee Foods Corp (PS:JFC) was up 1.46% or 3.00 points to 208.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Universal Robina Corp (PS:URC), which lost 1.73% or 3.00 points to trade at 170.00 in late trade. SM Investments Corp (PS:SM) declined 1.04% or 7.50 points to end at 711.00 and Bank of the Philippine Islands (PS:BPI) shed 1.04% or 1.10 points to 104.70.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 107 to 87 and 45 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.10% or 1.30 to $1282.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $50.74 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.11% or 0.06 to trade at $53.05 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.11% to 7.2300, while USD/PHP fell 0.09% to 49.778.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 99.69.