Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Property, Holding Firms and Mining & Oil sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite fell 0.69%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Aboitiz Power Corp (PS:AP), which rose 1.15% or 0.45 points to trade at 39.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Universal Robina Corp (PS:URC) added 1.01% or 1.50 points to end at 150.00 and Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co (PS:MBT) was up 0.80% or 0.70 points to 87.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were JG Summit Holdings Inc (PS:JGS), which fell 2.80% or 2.000 points to trade at 69.500 at the close. Robinsons Land Corp (PS:RLC) declined 2.77% or 0.650 points to end at 22.850 and Semirara Mining Corp (PS:SCC) was down 2.69% or 4.70 points to 170.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 104 to 76 and 59 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.49% or 6.32 to $1298.72 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.30% or 0.14 to hit $47.23 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.20% or 0.10 to trade at $51.13 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.10% to 7.7071, while USD/PHP rose 0.18% to 51.450.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 93.46.