Investing.com – Philippines equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Property, Holding Firms and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite gained 1.59%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Universal Robina Corp (PS:URC), which rose 5.88% or 8.00 points to trade at 144.00 at the close. GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP) added 3.98% or 45.00 points to end at 1175.00 and JG Summit Holdings Inc (PS:JGS) was up 3.68% or 2.450 points to 69.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Semirara Mining Corp (PS:SCC), which lost 2.76% or 1.05 points to trade at 36.95 in late trade. Emperador Inc (PS:EMP) declined 0.14% or 0.010 points to end at 7.240 and Globe Telecom Inc (PS:GLO) shed 0.11% or 2.00 points to 1760.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 121 to 65 and 50 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.34% or 4.20 to $1248.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.21% or 0.12 to hit $56.81 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.39% or 0.24 to trade at $62.44 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.12% to 7.6409, while USD/PHP fell 0.26% to 50.570.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 93.95.