Investing.com – Philippines equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Services, Property and Mining & Oil sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite gained 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were PLDT Inc (PS:TEL), which rose 6.38% or 103.00 points to trade at 1718.00 at the close. LT Group Inc (PS:LTG) added 5.00% or 0.800 points to end at 16.800 and Globe Telecom Inc (PS:GLO) was up 4.66% or 94.00 points to 2110.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Universal Robina Corp (PS:URC), which lost 1.76% or 3.00 points to trade at 167.00 in late trade. JG Summit Holdings Inc (PS:JGS) declined 1.36% or 1.150 points to end at 83.250 and Manila Electric Co (PS:MER) shed 1.08% or 3.00 points to 274.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 104 to 84 and 52 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.45% or 5.62 to $1258.72 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.29% or 0.15 to hit $51.21 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.13% or 0.07 to trade at $53.89 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.10% to 7.2616, while USD/PHP fell 0.22% to 49.871.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 96.82.