Investing.com – Philippines equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Holding Firms, Property and Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite rose 0.84%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were SM Prime Holdings Inc (PS:SMPH), which rose 3.64% or 1.300 points to trade at 37.000 at the close. GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP) added 3.51% or 40.00 points to end at 1180.00 and JG Summit Holdings Inc (PS:JGS) was up 3.08% or 2.300 points to 76.900 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co (PS:MBT), which lost 2.64% or 2.35 points to trade at 86.60 in late trade. Security Bank Corp (PS:SECB) declined 2.38% or 6.00 points to end at 246.00 and DMCI Holdings Inc (PS:DMC) shed 2.17% or 0.340 points to 15.340.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 95 to 88 and 58 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.09% or 1.10 to $1270.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.20% or 0.11 to hit $54.01 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.45% or 0.27 to trade at $60.40 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.17% to 7.7718, while USD/PHP rose 0.14% to 51.670.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 94.61.