Investing.com – Philippines equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Holding Firms, Mining & Oil and Property sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite added 0.82%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co (PS:MBT), which rose 2.65% or 2.05 points to trade at 79.35 at the close. Ayala Corp (PS:AC) added 2.02% or 16.000 points to end at 809.000 and JG Summit Holdings Inc (PS:JGS) was up 1.94% or 1.400 points to 73.400 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Petron Corp (PS:PCOR), which lost 2.53% or 0.240 points to trade at 9.260 in late trade. PLDT Inc (PS:TEL) declined 0.99% or 15.00 points to end at 1505.00 and GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP) shed 0.88% or 11.000 points to 1240.000.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 112 to 90 and 40 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.25% or 3.15 to $1232.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.33% or 0.18 to hit $53.68 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.26% or 0.15 to trade at $56.55 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.05% to 7.2603, while USD/PHP fell 0.05% to 49.934.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 100.61.