Investing.com – Philippines equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Industrials, Services and Banking & Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite added 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Petron Corp (PS:PCOR), which rose 2.69% or 0.280 points to trade at 10.680 at the close. Jollibee Foods Corp (PS:JFC) added 1.50% or 3.00 points to end at 203.00 and Manila Electric Co (PS:MER) was up 1.38% or 3.80 points to 278.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN), which lost 1.30% or 0.26 points to trade at 19.68 in late trade. LT Group Inc (PS:LTG) declined 0.85% or 0.140 points to end at 16.240 and Semirara Mining Corp (PS:SCC) shed 0.63% or 1.00 points to 158.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 107 to 73 and 59 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.30% or 3.80 to $1249.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.30% or 0.64 to hit $49.99 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.24% or 0.65 to trade at $53.16 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.06% to 7.2294, while USD/PHP rose 0.02% to 49.806.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 97.45.