(MENAFN- FxPro) Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Holding Firms, Services and Banking&Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite rose 0.31%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Jollibee Foods (PS:JFC), which rose 2.37% or 4.500 points to trade at 195.000 at the close. Meanwhile, Metro Pacifi I (PS:MPI) added 2.06% or 0.100 points to end at 5.000 and Globe Telecom (PS:GLO) was up 2.02% or 52.000 points to 2634.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Petron (PS:PCOR), which fell 22.10% or 2.210 points to trade at 7.780 at the close. Alliance Globa (PS:AGI) declined 1.11% or 0.250 points to end at 22.350 and Aboitiz Power (PS:AP) was down 1.03% or 0.45 points to 43.30.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 87 to 85 and 20 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.18% or 2.00 to $1093.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.69% or 0.80 to hit $46.33 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 2.23% or 1.17 to trade at $51.05 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.02% to 7.3628, while USD/PHP fell 0.02% to 45.721.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.17% at 97.49.
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