Investing.com – Philippines equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Services, Property and Banking & Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite gained 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Bk Of Phi Isla (PS:BPI), which rose 3.17% or 2.90 points to trade at 94.50 at the close. Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG) added 2.59% or 0.120 points to end at 4.750 and Jg Summit (PS:JGS) was up 2.17% or 1.500 points to 70.500 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Universal Robi (PS:URC), which lost 4.15% or 8.000 points to trade at 185.000 in late trade. Philex Mining (PS:PX) declined 1.42% or 0.080 points to end at 5.560 and Semirara Minin (PS:SCC) shed 1.28% or 1.8000 points to 138.9000.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 97 to 81 and 18 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 0.18% or 2.10 to $1161.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.48% or 0.26 to hit $53.03 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.33% or 0.20 to trade at $58.80 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.30% to 7.2674, while USD/PHP fell 0.29% to 45.125.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.41% at 96.27.