Investing.com – Philippines equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Mining & Oil, Holding Firms and Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite rose 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Petron (PS:PCOR), which rose 3.16% or 0.300 points to trade at 9.800 at the close. Globe Telecom (PS:GLO) added 2.56% or 58.000 points to end at 2320.000 and Alliance Globa (PS:AGI) was up 2.48% or 0.650 points to 26.850 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Philex Mining (PS:PX), which lost 4.11% or 0.300 points to trade at 7.000 in late trade. Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG) declined 2.18% or 0.120 points to end at 5.380 and Bloomberry Res (PS:BLOOM) shed 2.07% or 0.240 points to 11.360.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 107 to 94 and 10 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.57% or 6.70 to $1181.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.18% or 0.10 to hit $57.26 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.34% or 0.22 to trade at $65.50 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.19% to 7.1279, while USD/PHP rose 0.11% to 44.290.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.25% at 97.32.