Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Holding Firms, Services and Property sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite lost 1.77%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Philex Mining (PS:PX), which rose 1.60% or 0.080 points to trade at 5.070 at the close. Meanwhile, Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG) added 0.96% or 0.040 points to end at 4.220 and San Miguel Cor (PS:SMC) was up 0.62% or 0.300 points to 49.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Jg Summit (PS:JGS), which fell 4.81% or 3.400 points to trade at 67.300 at the close. Dmci Holdings (PS:DMC) declined 4.44% or 0.520 points to end at 11.200 and Bloomberry Res (PS:BLOOM) was down 4.35% or 0.300 points to 6.600.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 137 to 37 and 20 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.06% or 0.70 to $1120.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.96% or 0.44 to hit $45.61 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.09% or 0.54 to trade at $49.07 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.16% to 7.3726, while USD/PHP rose 0.00% to 46.934.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.02% at 96.23.