Investing.com – Philippines equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Mining & Oil, Services and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite added 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN), which rose 2.93% or 0.50 points to trade at 17.56 at the close. Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG) added 2.32% or 0.120 points to end at 5.300 and Semirara Mining Corp (PS:SCC) was up 2.14% or 3.70 points to 177.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included San Miguel Corp (PS:SMC), which lost 1.53% or 1.50 points to trade at 96.60 in late trade. LT Group Inc (PS:LTG) declined 1.11% or 0.200 points to end at 17.800 and Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc (PS:AEV) shed 0.61% or 0.450 points to 73.550.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 113 to 77 and 56 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.32% or 4.22 to $1343.22 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.22% or 0.11 to hit $49.27 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.61% or 0.33 to trade at $54.53 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.02% to 7.8251, while USD/PHP fell 0.47% to 50.874.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 91.97.