Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Property, Services and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite rose 0.45%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Bloomberry Res (PS:BLOOM), which rose 3.55% or 0.230 points to trade at 6.710 at the close. Meanwhile, Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG) added 2.78% or 0.120 points to end at 4.440 and Sm Prime Hldgs (PS:SMPH) was up 1.85% or 0.400 points to 22.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were San Miguel Cor (PS:SMC), which fell 4.04% or 2.000 points to trade at 47.500 at the close. First Gen (PS:FGEN) declined 0.95% or 0.25 points to end at 26.00 and Semirara Minin (PS:SCC) was down 0.92% or 1.2000 points to 129.8000.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 124 to 68 and 12 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.12% or 1.40 to $1176.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.27% or 0.59 to hit $45.70 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.62% or 0.30 to trade at $48.41 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.07% to 7.3096, while USD/PHP rose 0.08% to 46.410.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.09% at 94.81.