Investing.com – Philippines equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking & Financials, Services and Property sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite rose 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Globe Telecom (PS:GLO), which rose 2.47% or 54.000 points to trade at 2238.000 at the close. Bloomberry Res (PS:BLOOM) added 1.74% or 0.200 points to end at 11.700 and San Miguel Cor (PS:SMC) was up 1.65% or 1.100 points to 67.950 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lt Group (PS:LTG), which lost 2.97% or 0.460 points to trade at 15.040 in late trade. First Gen (PS:FGEN) declined 1.63% or 0.45 points to end at 27.10 and Universal Robi (PS:URC) shed 0.99% or 2.000 points to 200.000.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 99 to 87 and 20 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.39% or 4.60 to $1184.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.05% or 0.03 to hit $59.42 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.22% or 0.14 to trade at $66.31 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.14% to 7.1958, while USD/PHP rose 0.17% to 44.685.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.27% at 95.16.