Investing.com – Philippines equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Mining & Oil, Holding Firms and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite added 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Semirara Mining Corp (PS:SCC), which rose 6.37% or 8.0000 points to trade at 133.5000 at the close. Petron Corp (PS:PCOR) added 3.19% or 0.300 points to end at 9.700 and DMCI Holdings Inc (PS:DMC) was up 3.08% or 0.400 points to 13.400 in late trade.
Biggest losers included LT Group Inc (PS:LTG), which lost 2.10% or 0.300 points to trade at 14.000 in late trade. Robinsons Land Corp (PS:RLC) declined 1.64% or 0.450 points to end at 27.000 and Jollibee Foods Corp (PS:JFC) shed 1.32% or 2.800 points to 209.000.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 88 to 81 and 51 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 1.00% or 12.15 to $1204.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.76% or 0.80 to hit $44.62 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.44% or 0.67 to trade at $45.82 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.29% to 7.2237, while USD/PHP rose 0.42% to 49.760.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.32% at 101.32.