Investing.com – Philippines equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Mining & Oil, Holding Firms and Property sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite rose 0.54%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were LT Group Inc (PS:LTG), which rose 9.71% or 1.320 points to trade at 14.920 at the close. Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG) added 3.77% or 0.140 points to end at 3.850 and Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co (PS:MBT) was up 3.25% or 2.30 points to 73.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PLDT Inc (PS:TEL), which lost 3.08% or 42.00 points to trade at 1323.00 in late trade. Bank of the Philippine Islands (PS:BPI) declined 2.23% or 2.10 points to end at 91.90 and Robinsons Land Corp (PS:RLC) shed 1.85% or 0.500 points to 26.500.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 112 to 64 and 47 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.28% or 3.35 to $1184.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $47.91 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.14% or 0.07 to trade at $48.88 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.04% to 7.2190, while USD/PHP fell 0.08% to 49.935.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.15% at 101.88.