Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Mining & Oil, Holding Firms and Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite fell 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Alliance Global Group Inc (PS:AGI), which rose 1.59% or 0.200 points to trade at 12.800 at the close. Meanwhile, BDO Unibank Inc (PS:BDO) added 1.36% or 1.50 points to end at 112.00 and Universal Robina Corp (PS:URC) was up 1.19% or 1.900 points to 162.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co (PS:MBT), which fell 2.29% or 1.90 points to trade at 81.10 at the close. GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP) declined 1.78% or 23.000 points to end at 1266.000 and Ayala Corp (PS:AC) was down 1.60% or 13.000 points to 802.000.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 102 to 80 and 43 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.82% or 9.95 to $1218.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.09% or 0.05 to hit $53.83 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.09% or 0.05 to trade at $56.85 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.21% to 7.2252, while USD/PHP fell 0.21% to 49.725.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 99.37.