Investing.com – Philippines equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Property, Holding Firms and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite gained 1.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were International Container Terminal Services Inc (PS:ICT), which rose 4.17% or 4.200 points to trade at 105.000 at the close. Aboitiz Power Corp (PS:AP) added 3.00% or 1.20 points to end at 41.20 and Universal Robina Corp (PS:URC) was up 2.96% or 4.00 points to 139.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Semirara Mining Corp (PS:SCC), which lost 1.60% or 0.60 points to trade at 36.80 in late trade. San Miguel Corp (PS:SMC) declined 0.79% or 0.90 points to end at 113.00 and DMCI Holdings Inc (PS:DMC) shed 0.68% or 0.100 points to 14.500.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 98 to 92 and 55 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.34% or 4.31 to $1282.51 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.51% or 0.28 to hit $55.42 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.07% or 0.04 to trade at $61.40 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.41% to 7.6798, while USD/PHP rose 0.10% to 50.950.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 93.60.