Investing.com – Philippines equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Property, Mining & Oil and Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite gained 1.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Bank of the Philippine Islands (PS:BPI), which rose 2.82% or 2.90 points to trade at 105.90 at the close. PLDT Inc (PS:TEL) added 2.67% or 40.00 points to end at 1540.00 and JG Summit Holdings Inc (PS:JGS) was up 2.40% or 1.750 points to 74.600 in late trade.
Biggest losers included First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN), which lost 2.85% or 0.50 points to trade at 17.02 in late trade. BDO Unibank Inc (PS:BDO) declined 1.40% or 2.20 points to end at 154.80 and San Miguel Corp (PS:SMC) shed 1.27% or 1.40 points to 108.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 104 to 100 and 44 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.15% or 1.90 to $1259.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.68% or 0.39 to hit $57.72 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.82% or 0.52 to trade at $63.75 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.24% to 7.6292, while USD/PHP fell 0.01% to 50.460.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 93.33.