Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Services, Property and Mining & Oil sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite rose 0.37%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Metro Pacifi I (PS:MPI), which rose 2.61% or 0.120 points to trade at 4.740 at the close. Meanwhile, Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG) added 2.42% or 0.110 points to end at 4.640 and Globe Telecom (PS:GLO) was up 1.34% or 34.000 points to 2572.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were First Gen (PS:FGEN), which fell 1.32% or 0.35 points to trade at 26.10 at the close. Bloomberry Res (PS:BLOOM) declined 1.02% or 0.100 points to end at 9.900 and Philex Mining (PS:PX) was down 0.55% or 0.030 points to 5.450.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 95 to 87 and 21 ended unchanged.
Shares in Philex Mining (PS:PX) fell to 3-years lows; down 0.55% or 0.030 to 5.450.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.69% or 7.50 to $1085.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.11% or 0.06 to hit $48.84 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.65% or 0.34 to trade at $53.73 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.26% to 7.3466, while USD/PHP rose 0.27% to 45.620.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.13% at 97.35.