Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Mining & Oil, Industrials and Banking & Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite lost 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were LT Group Inc (PS:LTG), which rose 2.22% or 0.500 points to trade at 23.000 at the close. Meanwhile, Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc (PS:AEV) added 1.51% or 1.100 points to end at 73.950 and Petron Corp (PS:PCOR) was up 1.50% or 0.140 points to 9.490 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Universal Robina Corp (PS:URC), which fell 2.29% or 3.80 points to trade at 162.00 at the close. Globe Telecom Inc (PS:GLO) declined 2.14% or 40.00 points to end at 1830.00 and Manila Electric Co (PS:MER) was down 1.53% or 5.00 points to 322.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 107 to 92 and 60 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.14% or 1.80 to $1312.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.45% or 0.28 to hit $61.51 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.38% or 0.25 to trade at $65.26 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.46% to 8.1170, while USD/PHP rose 0.87% to 51.570.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 90.36.