Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Property, Services and Holding Firms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite lost 0.31%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co (PS:MBT), which rose 4.14% or 2.90 points to trade at 72.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Metro Pacific Investments Corp (PS:MPI) added 3.02% or 0.130 points to end at 4.430 and Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG) was up 2.17% or 0.100 points to 4.700 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aboitiz Power Corp (PS:AP), which fell 2.15% or 0.80 points to trade at 36.35 at the close. PLDT Inc (PS:TEL) declined 2.04% or 28.00 points to end at 1344.00 and JG Summit Holdings Inc (PS:JGS) was down 1.85% or 1.000 points to 53.000.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 92 to 86 and 51 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.07% or 0.90 to $1230.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.15% or 0.10 to hit $68.36 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.29% or 0.21 to trade at $73.28 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.02% to 7.8744, while USD/PHP rose 0.22% to 53.441.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 94.15.