Investing.com – Philippines equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Services, Mining & Oil and Banking & Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite added 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Intl Container (PS:ICT), which rose 2.40% or 1.750 points to trade at 74.800 at the close. Lt Group (PS:LTG) added 0.95% or 0.140 points to end at 14.800 and Universal Robi (PS:URC) was up 0.88% or 1.800 points to 206.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Philex Mining (PS:PX), which lost 1.18% or 0.060 points to trade at 5.040 in late trade. Bloomberry Res (PS:BLOOM) declined 1.13% or 0.060 points to end at 5.260 and Petron (PS:PCOR) shed 1.03% or 0.080 points to 7.650.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 91 to 77 and 20 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.08% or 0.90 to $1070.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.57% or 0.24 to hit $42.80 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.91% or 0.42 to trade at $45.75 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.26% to 7.3731, while USD/PHP rose 0.27% to 47.112.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.10% at 99.92.