Investing.com – Philippines equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Holding Firms, Property and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite rose 0.91%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Jg Summit (PS:JGS), which rose 3.64% or 2.600 points to trade at 74.000 at the close. San Miguel Cor (PS:SMC) added 2.81% or 1.350 points to end at 49.350 and First Gen (PS:FGEN) was up 2.57% or 0.65 points to 25.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bloomberry Res (PS:BLOOM), which lost 2.76% or 0.170 points to trade at 5.980 in late trade. Manila Electri (PS:MER) declined 1.23% or 4.000 points to end at 321.000 and Intl Container (PS:ICT) shed 1.21% or 1.000 points to 81.500.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 100 to 78 and 17 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.28% or 3.20 to $1138.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.72% or 0.34 to hit $46.26 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.56% or 0.28 to trade at $49.28 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.09% to 7.4085, while USD/PHP rose 0.18% to 46.935.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.11% at 96.89.