Investing.com – Philippines equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Mining & Oil, Industrials and Holding Firms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite rose 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were LT Group Inc (PS:LTG), which rose 4.24% or 0.720 points to trade at 17.700 at the close. Universal Robina Corp (PS:URC) added 3.15% or 5.800 points to end at 190.000 and First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN) was up 2.81% or 0.70 points to 25.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included International Container Terminal Services Inc (PS:ICT), which lost 3.53% or 3.000 points to trade at 82.000 in late trade. PLDT Inc (PS:TEL) declined 3.26% or 61.00 points to end at 1809.00 and Robinsons Land Corp (PS:RLC) shed 2.58% or 0.800 points to 30.250.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 104 to 78 and 50 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.50% or 6.75 to $1355.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.47% or 0.22 to hit $47.01 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.16% or 0.08 to trade at $49.77 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.30% to 6.9758, while USD/PHP fell 0.35% to 46.239.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.37% at 94.34.