Investing.com – Philippines equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Property, Services and Mining & Oil sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite gained 1.69%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG), which rose 5.62% or 0.260 points to trade at 4.890 at the close. International Container Terminal Services Inc (PS:ICT) added 4.58% or 3.500 points to end at 80.000 and SM Prime Holdings Inc (PS:SMPH) was up 4.53% or 1.250 points to 28.850 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bloomberry Resorts Corp (PS:BLOOM), which lost 4.27% or 0.210 points to trade at 4.710 in late trade. Alliance Global Group Inc (PS:AGI) declined 0.62% or 0.100 points to end at 16.000 and San Miguel Corp (PS:SMC) shed 0.61% or 0.500 points to 81.500.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 119 to 69 and 49 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.09% or 1.15 to $1324.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.74% or 0.35 to hit $46.70 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.26% or 0.62 to trade at $48.62 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.14% to 7.2434, while USD/PHP rose 0.10% to 48.321.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 95.46.