Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Property, Banking & Financials and Mining & Oil sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite fell 0.82%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Petron Corp (PS:PCOR), which rose 1.70% or 0.180 points to trade at 10.740 at the close. Meanwhile, LT Group Inc (PS:LTG) added 1.44% or 0.220 points to end at 15.500 and Manila Electric Co (PS:MER) was up 0.14% or 0.400 points to 291.200 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were BDO Unibank Inc (PS:BDO), which fell 2.69% or 3.10 points to trade at 112.00 at the close. Security Bank Corp (PS:SECB) declined 2.25% or 5.20 points to end at 226.00 and SM Prime Holdings Inc (PS:SMPH) was down 1.90% or 0.550 points to 28.350.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 101 to 85 and 46 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.23% or 2.95 to $1264.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.12% or 0.06 to hit $50.69 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.27% or 0.14 to trade at $51.52 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.13% to 7.1393, while USD/PHP rose 0.38% to 48.265.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.26% at 98.55.