Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Property, Holding Firms and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite rose 0.51%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Dmci Holdings (PS:DMC), which rose 4.40% or 0.540 points to trade at 12.800 at the close. Meanwhile, Ayala Corp (PS:AC) added 2.95% or 22.000 points to end at 767.000 and San Miguel Cor (PS:SMC) was up 2.75% or 1.300 points to 48.500 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bloomberry Res (PS:BLOOM), which fell 6.96% or 0.390 points to trade at 5.210 at the close. Alliance Globa (PS:AGI) declined 6.93% or 1.140 points to end at 15.320 and First Gen (PS:FGEN) was down 3.49% or 0.80 points to 22.15.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 101 to 82 and 14 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bloomberry Res (PS:BLOOM) fell to 3-years lows; losing 6.96% or 0.390 to 5.210. Shares in Alliance Globa (PS:AGI) fell to 52-week lows; falling 6.93% or 1.140 to 15.320.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.21% or 2.40 to $1124.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.44% or 0.20 to hit $45.03 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.19% or 0.09 to trade at $48.14 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.07% to 7.3521, while USD/PHP fell 0.19% to 46.730.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.15% at 96.21.