Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Mining & Oil, Banking & Financials and Holding Firms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite declined 0.02% to hit a new 6-months high.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG), which rose 2.94% or 0.130 points to trade at 4.550 at the close. Meanwhile, Universal Robina Corp (PS:URC) added 1.85% or 3.00 points to end at 165.00 and GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP) was up 1.56% or 19.00 points to 1239.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Robinsons Land Corp (PS:RLC), which fell 3.73% or 0.950 points to trade at 24.500 at the close. DMCI Holdings Inc (PS:DMC) declined 2.42% or 0.360 points to end at 14.540 and Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co (PS:MBT) was down 2.05% or 1.80 points to 86.20.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 96 to 90 and 58 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.96% or 12.26 to $1263.64 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.11% or 0.05 to hit $44.78 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.36% or 0.17 to trade at $47.17 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.32% to 7.3127, while USD/PHP rose 0.36% to 49.690.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 97.11.