Investing.com – Philippines equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Holding Firms, Mining & Oil and Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite gained 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were LT Group Inc (PS:LTG), which rose 2.51% or 0.440 points to trade at 17.960 at the close. Metro Pacific Investments Corp (PS:MPI) added 1.54% or 0.100 points to end at 6.600 and JG Summit Holdings Inc (PS:JGS) was up 1.39% or 1.000 points to 72.800 in late trade.
Biggest losers included International Container Terminal Services Inc (PS:ICT), which lost 1.42% or 1.500 points to trade at 104.200 in late trade. Petron Corp (PS:PCOR) declined 1.05% or 0.100 points to end at 9.410 and DMCI Holdings Inc (PS:DMC) shed 0.89% or 0.140 points to 15.660.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 98 to 95 and 49 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.13% or 1.62 to $1293.62 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.84% or 0.40 to hit $47.83 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.86% or 0.45 to trade at $52.49 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.08% to 7.6638, while USD/PHP rose 0.08% to 51.060.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 93.22.