Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Property, Holding Firms and Banking & Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite lost 1.06% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Intl Container (PS:ICT), which rose 2.50% or 1.700 points to trade at 69.700 at the close. Meanwhile, Philex Mining (PS:PX) added 2.19% or 0.110 points to end at 5.140 and Bk Of Phi Isla (PS:BPI) was up 1.24% or 1.05 points to 85.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Manila Electri (PS:MER), which fell 5.47% or 18.800 points to trade at 325.000 at the close. Metropolitan B (PS:MBT) declined 4.50% or 3.80 points to end at 80.70 and Bloomberry Res (PS:BLOOM) was down 4.19% or 0.220 points to 5.030.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 91 to 84 and 15 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.15% or 1.60 to $1086.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.56% or 0.24 to hit $43.17 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.38% or 0.17 to trade at $46.78 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.26% to 7.3772, while USD/PHP fell 0.05% to 47.075.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.20% at 99.25.