Investing.com – Philippines equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrials, Mining & Oil and Holding Firms 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 Metro Pacifi I (PS:MPI), which rose 4.97% or 0.220 points to trade at 4.650 at the close. Universal Robi (PS:URC) added 2.37% or 4.400 points to end at 193.000 and Semirara Minin (PS:SCC) was up 0.79% or 1.1000 points to 140.7000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Philex Mining (PS:PX), which lost 3.59% or 0.210 points to trade at 5.640 in late trade. Gt Capital Hol (PS:GTCAP) declined 1.50% or 20.000 points to end at 1315.000 and Petron (PS:PCOR) shed 1.20% or 0.100 points to 8.250.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 113 to 78 and 19 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.06% or 0.70 to $1162.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.34% or 0.69 to hit $52.34 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.29% or 0.73 to trade at $57.78 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.06% to 7.2802, while USD/PHP fell 0.06% to 45.200.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.28% at 96.65.