Investing.com – Philippines equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Services, Industrials and Property sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite added 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were PLDT Inc (PS:TEL), which rose 3.80% or 61.00 points to trade at 1668.00 at the close. First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN) added 2.83% or 0.52 points to end at 18.92 and Metro Pacific Investments Corp (PS:MPI) was up 2.29% or 0.150 points to 6.700 in late trade.
Biggest losers included JG Summit Holdings Inc (PS:JGS), which lost 3.23% or 2.500 points to trade at 75.000 in late trade. Security Bank Corp (PS:SECB) declined 2.33% or 5.80 points to end at 243.20 and Robinsons Land Corp (PS:RLC) shed 1.56% or 0.400 points to 25.300.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 131 to 77 and 48 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.24% or 3.09 to $1291.79 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.27% or 0.14 to hit $51.70 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.24% or 0.14 to trade at $57.30 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.35% to 7.6558, while USD/PHP fell 0.26% to 50.845.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 92.96.