Investing.com – Philippines equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Property, Mining & Oil and Holding Firms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite added 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were LT Group Inc (PS:LTG), which rose 4.87% or 0.780 points to trade at 16.800 at the close. International Container Terminal Services Inc (PS:ICT) added 2.87% or 2.150 points to end at 77.050 and Ayala Land Inc (PS:ALI) was up 1.94% or 0.800 points to 42.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Universal Robina Corp (PS:URC), which lost 4.20% or 8.400 points to trade at 191.500 in late trade. Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co (PS:MBT) declined 2.79% or 2.55 points to end at 88.95 and BDO Unibank Inc (PS:BDO) shed 2.23% or 2.60 points to 114.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 107 to 82 and 48 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.05% or 0.70 to $1343.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.03% or 0.46 to hit $44.95 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.94% or 0.44 to trade at $47.41 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.29% to 7.0022, while USD/PHP fell 0.23% to 46.489.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 95.60.