Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Property, Banking & Financials and Holding Firms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite lost 1.63% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Puregold Price Club Inc (PS:PGOLD), which rose 2.05% or 0.900 points to trade at 44.900 at the close. Meanwhile, Semirara Mining Corp (PS:SCC) added 1.21% or 0.30 points to end at 25.00 and Metro Pacific Investments Corp (PS:MPI) was up 1.04% or 0.050 points to 4.850 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were JG Summit Holdings Inc (PS:JGS), which fell 5.14% or 2.750 points to trade at 50.800 at the close. Ayala Land Inc (PS:ALI) declined 4.69% or 1.900 points to end at 38.600 and Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co (PS:MBT) was down 4.35% or 3.00 points to 66.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 120 to 69 and 51 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.03% or 0.40 to $1202.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.24% or 0.18 to hit $76.23 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.24% or 0.21 to trade at $86.08 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.20% to 7.9109, while USD/PHP fell 0.04% to 54.337.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 95.63.