Investing.com – Philippines equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Holding Firms, Mining & Oil and Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite rose 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were LT Group Inc (PS:LTG), which rose 2.51% or 0.440 points to trade at 17.960 at the close. Metro Pacific Investments Corp (PS:MPI) added 1.54% or 0.100 points to end at 6.600 and JG Summit Holdings Inc (PS:JGS) was up 1.39% or 1.000 points to 72.800 in late trade.
Biggest losers included International Container Terminal Services Inc (PS:ICT), which lost 1.42% or 1.500 points to trade at 104.200 in late trade. Petron Corp (PS:PCOR) declined 1.05% or 0.100 points to end at 9.410 and DMCI Holdings Inc (PS:DMC) shed 0.89% or 0.140 points to 15.660.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.32% or 4.10 to $1302.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.90% or 0.43 to hit $47.44 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $51.98 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.19% to 7.6980, while USD/PHP fell 0.11% to 51.050.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 92.35.