Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Property, Holding Firms and Banking & Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite declined 0.80%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were PLDT Inc (PS:TEL), which rose 2.17% or 28.00 points to trade at 1319.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Universal Robina Corp (PS:URC) added 0.85% or 1.10 points to end at 131.00 and Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc (PS:AEV) was up 0.79% or 0.500 points to 64.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co (PS:MBT), which fell 3.09% or 2.55 points to trade at 80.00 at the close. Metro Pacific Investments Corp (PS:MPI) declined 2.91% or 0.150 points to end at 5.010 and Ayala Land Inc (PS:ALI) was down 2.39% or 1.000 points to 40.800.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 114 to 82 and 40 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.05% or 0.60 to $1302.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.47% or 0.31 to hit $65.64 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.52% or 0.40 to trade at $76.92 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.53% to 8.2212, while USD/PHP rose 0.17% to 52.718.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 93.64.