Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Mining & Oil, Property and Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite lost 0.35%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc (PS:AEV), which rose 3.09% or 1.950 points to trade at 65.000 at the close. Meanwhile, First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN) added 2.39% or 0.50 points to end at 21.40 and Ayala Corp (PS:AC) was up 1.75% or 13.000 points to 755.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Philex Mining Corp (PS:PX), which fell 3.44% or 0.200 points to trade at 5.620 at the close. Petron Corp (PS:PCOR) declined 2.39% or 0.260 points to end at 10.600 and Ayala Land Inc (PS:ALI) was down 2.37% or 0.850 points to 35.000.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 98 to 87 and 38 ended unchanged.
Shares in Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc (PS:AEV) rose to all time highs; rising 3.09% or 1.950 to 65.000.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.57% or 7.00 to $1216.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.01% or 0.40 to hit $39.86 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.66% or 0.27 to trade at $41.30 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.00% to 7.1210, while USD/PHP fell 0.14% to 46.325.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 96.25.