Investing.com – Philippines equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Mining & Oil, Property and Holding Firms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite gained 0.96%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Petron Corp (PS:PCOR), which rose 3.88% or 0.380 points to trade at 10.180 at the close. JG Summit Holdings Inc (PS:JGS) added 2.79% or 2.000 points to end at 73.800 and Universal Robina Corp (PS:URC) was up 2.67% or 3.90 points to 150.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Security Bank Corp (PS:SECB), which lost 2.24% or 5.60 points to trade at 244.40 in late trade. DMCI Holdings Inc (PS:DMC) declined 1.66% or 0.260 points to end at 15.440 and San Miguel Corp (PS:SMC) shed 1.00% or 1.00 points to 99.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 115 to 83 and 50 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.95% or 12.61 to $1343.01 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.13% or 0.06 to hit $47.23 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.25% or 0.66 to trade at $52.09 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.64% to 7.8499, while USD/PHP rose 0.02% to 51.165.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 92.47.