Investing.com – Philippines equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Services, Holding Firms and Mining & Oil sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite gained 0.93%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG), which rose 3.61% or 0.140 points to trade at 4.020 at the close. GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP) added 3.21% or 43.000 points to end at 1383.000 and Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc (PS:AEV) was up 3.08% or 2.300 points to 76.900 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alliance Global Group Inc (PS:AGI), which lost 1.74% or 0.240 points to trade at 13.580 in late trade. Energy Development Corp (PS:EDC) declined 1.25% or 0.070 points to end at 5.530 and Ayala Land Inc (PS:ALI) shed 0.29% or 0.100 points to 34.800.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 133 to 54 and 47 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.02% or 0.25 to $1303.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.38% or 0.17 to hit $44.49 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.41% or 0.19 to trade at $46.16 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.20% to 7.1678, while USD/PHP rose 0.23% to 48.460.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.02% at 97.21.