Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Holding Firms, Mining & Oil and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite added 0.10% to hit a new 6-months high.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP), which rose 2.20% or 27.00 points to trade at 1257.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Emperador Inc (PS:EMP) added 1.90% or 0.140 points to end at 7.500 and Security Bank Corp (PS:SECB) was up 1.75% or 4.00 points to 232.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were International Container Terminal Services Inc (PS:ICT), which fell 2.66% or 2.900 points to trade at 106.000 at the close. Ayala Land Inc (PS:ALI) declined 1.48% or 0.650 points to end at 43.300 and Metro Pacific Investments Corp (PS:MPI) was down 1.16% or 0.080 points to 6.800.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 115 to 94 and 53 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.02% or 12.72 to $1262.12 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.27% or 0.13 to hit $48.62 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.29% or 0.15 to trade at $50.82 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.14% to 7.5072, while USD/PHP fell 0.16% to 50.560.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 93.36.