Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Mining & Oil, Banking & Financials and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite added 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Metropolitan B (PS:MBT), which rose 4.15% or 2.95 points to trade at 73.95 at the close. Meanwhile, Petron (PS:PCOR) added 2.92% or 0.190 points to end at 6.690 and Semirara Minin (PS:SCC) was up 1.94% or 2.3000 points to 121.0000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG), which fell 2.80% or 0.100 points to trade at 3.470 at the close. Intl Container (PS:ICT) declined 1.48% or 0.900 points to end at 59.900 and Metro Pacifi I (PS:MPI) was down 1.45% or 0.080 points to 5.420.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 105 to 66 and 18 ended unchanged.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.41% or 4.60 to $1121.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 2.28% or 0.77 to hit $32.85 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 2.22% or 0.80 to trade at $35.19 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.16% to 7.2419, while USD/PHP fell 0.11% to 47.645.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.07% at 99.53.