Investing.com – Philippines equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Mining & Oil, Banking & Financials and Holding Firms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite added 0.65%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were BDO Unibank Inc (PS:BDO), which rose 3.38% or 5.00 points to trade at 153.00 at the close. DMCI Holdings Inc (PS:DMC) added 2.65% or 0.380 points to end at 14.700 and Metro Pacific Investments Corp (PS:MPI) was up 2.34% or 0.150 points to 6.550 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PLDT Inc (PS:TEL), which lost 4.95% or 75.00 points to trade at 1440.00 in late trade. Globe Telecom Inc (PS:GLO) declined 3.98% or 70.00 points to end at 1690.00 and Robinsons Land Corp (PS:RLC) shed 1.58% or 0.350 points to 21.850.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 113 to 82 and 42 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.27% or 3.40 to $1251.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.49% or 0.28 to hit $57.08 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.46% or 0.29 to trade at $63.11 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.26% to 7.6125, while USD/PHP fell 0.32% to 50.330.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 93.83.