Investing.com – Philippines equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Industrials, Property and Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite gained 0.55%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were First Gen (PS:FGEN), which rose 6.25% or 1.35 points to trade at 22.90 at the close. Robinsons Land (PS:RLC) added 5.17% or 1.400 points to end at 28.300 and Jg Summit (PS:JGS) was up 3.67% or 2.400 points to 67.850 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bloomberry Res (PS:BLOOM), which lost 4.38% or 0.300 points to trade at 6.590 in late trade. San Miguel Cor (PS:SMC) declined 3.52% or 1.850 points to end at 51.050 and Sm Investment (PS:SM) shed 3.48% or 31.000 points to 859.000.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 126 to 73 and 14 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.11% or 1.20 to $1137.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.33% or 0.13 to hit $39.44 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.07% or 0.03 to trade at $43.24 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.01% to 7.2872, while USD/PHP fell 0.13% to 46.675.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.30% at 94.20.