Investing.com – Philippines equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking & Financials, Holding Firms and Property sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite gained 0.66%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were LT Group Inc (PS:LTG), which rose 4.85% or 0.840 points to trade at 18.160 at the close. Ayala Corp (PS:AC) added 4.30% or 46.00 points to end at 1116.00 and Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co (PS:MBT) was up 2.56% or 2.30 points to 92.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Universal Robina Corp (PS:URC), which lost 2.91% or 4.20 points to trade at 140.10 in late trade. Alliance Global Group Inc (PS:AGI) declined 2.40% or 0.380 points to end at 15.480 and GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP) shed 1.70% or 21.00 points to 1215.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 102 to 96 and 49 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.27% or 3.41 to $1286.41 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.52% or 0.79 to hit $51.25 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.20% or 0.70 to trade at $57.45 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.22% to 7.7800, while USD/PHP rose 0.28% to 51.555.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 93.33.