Investing.com – Philippines equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Mining & Oil, Services and Holding Firms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite added 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were LT Group Inc (PS:LTG), which rose 1.62% or 0.280 points to trade at 17.520 at the close. GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP) added 1.61% or 18.00 points to end at 1138.00 and Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc (PS:AEV) was up 1.50% or 1.100 points to 74.250 in late trade.
Biggest losers included First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN), which lost 2.09% or 0.36 points to trade at 16.84 in late trade. Metro Pacific Investments Corp (PS:MPI) declined 1.81% or 0.120 points to end at 6.500 and SM Prime Holdings Inc (PS:SMPH) shed 1.59% or 0.550 points to 34.000.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 97 to 83 and 63 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.25% or 3.30 to $1291.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.45% or 0.22 to hit $48.19 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.36% or 0.19 to trade at $52.38 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.42% to 7.6598, while USD/PHP fell 0.40% to 51.035.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 93.29.