Investing.com – Philippines equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Mining & Oil, Property and Holding Firms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite rose 0.75%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Philex Mining (PS:PX), which rose 5.49% or 0.390 points to trade at 7.490 at the close. Gt Capital Hol (PS:GTCAP) added 5.47% or 70.000 points to end at 1350.000 and Ayala Corp (PS:AC) was up 3.39% or 26.000 points to 793.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Metro Pacifi I (PS:MPI), which lost 2.51% or 0.120 points to trade at 4.660 in late trade. Metropolitan B (PS:MBT) declined 2.02% or 2.00 points to end at 97.00 and San Miguel Cor (PS:SMC) shed 0.94% or 0.650 points to 68.550.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 120 to 73 and 18 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.08% or 1.00 to $1187.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.41% or 0.23 to hit $55.93 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.46% or 0.29 to trade at $62.44 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.06% to 7.1410, while USD/PHP rose 0.11% to 44.265.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.11% at 98.35.