Investing.com – Philippines equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Property, Holding Firms and Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite rose 0.79%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were JG Summit Holdings Inc (PS:JGS), which rose 3.81% or 2.250 points to trade at 61.250 at the close. GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP) added 3.40% or 34.00 points to end at 1034.00 and Ayala Land Inc (PS:ALI) was up 3.02% or 1.200 points to 41.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included DMCI Holdings Inc (PS:DMC), which lost 5.46% or 0.660 points to trade at 11.420 in late trade. Manila Electric Co (PS:MER) declined 3.65% or 11.20 points to end at 295.80 and Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co (PS:MBT) shed 2.57% or 2.15 points to 81.60.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 113 to 88 and 38 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.16% or 2.10 to $1324.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.18% or 0.12 to hit $68.17 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.41% or 0.30 to trade at $74.30 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.25% to 8.2398, while USD/PHP fell 0.19% to 52.162.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 91.00.