Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Property, Services and Mining & Oil sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite rose 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Dmci Holdings (PS:DMC), which rose 4.11% or 0.480 points to trade at 12.160 at the close. Meanwhile, Jg Summit (PS:JGS) added 2.37% or 1.600 points to end at 69.000 and Ayala Land (PS:ALI) was up 1.93% or 0.650 points to 34.300 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were First Gen (PS:FGEN), which fell 2.45% or 0.55 points to trade at 21.90 at the close. Jollibee Foods (PS:JFC) declined 2.14% or 4.000 points to end at 183.100 and San Miguel Cor (PS:SMC) was down 2.04% or 1.000 points to 48.050.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 92 to 83 and 12 ended unchanged.
Shares in San Miguel Cor (PS:SMC) fell to 3-years lows; down 2.04% or 1.000 to 48.050.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.28% or 3.10 to $1106.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.33% or 1.07 to hit $44.85 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 2.16% or 1.05 to trade at $47.84 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.09% to 7.3518, while USD/PHP rose 0.12% to 46.900.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.12% at 95.44.