Investing.com – Philippines equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking & Financials, Property and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite added 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co (PS:MBT), which rose 2.84% or 2.25 points to trade at 81.50 at the close. Ayala Corp (PS:AC) added 2.44% or 19.500 points to end at 819.500 and Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG) was up 1.65% or 0.060 points to 3.700 in late trade.
Biggest losers included GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP), which lost 2.24% or 31.000 points to trade at 1350.000 in late trade. Metro Pacific Investments Corp (PS:MPI) declined 2.21% or 0.150 points to end at 6.650 and Universal Robina Corp (PS:URC) shed 1.79% or 3.000 points to 165.000.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 89 to 87 and 44 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.05% or 0.55 to $1191.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.21% or 0.11 to hit $53.06 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.39% or 0.22 to trade at $55.48 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.09% to 7.2393, while USD/PHP fell 0.08% to 49.820.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 100.53.