Investing.com – Philippines equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking & Financials, Property and Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite added 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were International Container Terminal Services Inc (PS:ICT), which rose 4.52% or 2.900 points to trade at 67.000 at the close. Bank of the Philippine Islands (PS:BPI) added 1.66% or 1.60 points to end at 97.70 and DMCI Holdings Inc (PS:DMC) was up 1.57% or 0.200 points to 12.900 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aboitiz Power Corp (PS:AP), which lost 3.29% or 1.50 points to trade at 44.05 in late trade. First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN) declined 2.11% or 0.55 points to end at 25.50 and Globe Telecom Inc (PS:GLO) shed 1.58% or 36.000 points to 2246.000.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 113 to 81 and 44 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.68% or 9.00 to $1322.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.36% or 0.16 to hit $44.03 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.26% or 0.12 to trade at $45.97 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.05% to 7.0574, while USD/PHP rose 0.15% to 47.160.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 97.40.