Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Property, Industrials and Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite lost 0.42%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were LT Group Inc (PS:LTG), which rose 3.72% or 0.560 points to trade at 15.620 at the close. Meanwhile, Semirara Mining Corp (PS:SCC) added 2.69% or 3.3000 points to end at 126.0000 and Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG) was up 2.66% or 0.110 points to 4.250 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Manila Electric Co (PS:MER), which fell 2.48% or 7.200 points to trade at 283.200 at the close. SM Prime Holdings Inc (PS:SMPH) declined 2.43% or 0.650 points to end at 26.100 and Universal Robina Corp (PS:URC) was down 1.96% or 3.500 points to 175.500.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 93 to 85 and 48 ended unchanged.
Shares in Manila Electric Co (PS:MER) fell to 52-week lows; down 2.48% or 7.200 to 283.200.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.19% or 2.35 to $1253.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.08% or 0.04 to hit $50.31 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.06% or 0.03 to trade at $51.98 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.10% to 7.2054, while USD/PHP rose 0.26% to 48.560.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.03% at 98.05.