Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrials, Banking & Financials and Holding Firms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite fell 0.08%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP), which rose 3.25% or 40.000 points to trade at 1270.000 at the close. Meanwhile, Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG) added 2.59% or 0.090 points to end at 3.570 and Metro Pacific Investments Corp (PS:MPI) was up 2.46% or 0.160 points to 6.660 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aboitiz Power Corp (PS:AP), which fell 4.14% or 1.80 points to trade at 41.70 at the close. San Miguel Corp (PS:SMC) declined 3.60% or 3.450 points to end at 92.300 and Emperador Inc (PS:EMP) was down 3.31% or 0.240 points to 7.000.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 115 to 73 and 51 ended unchanged.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.78% or 8.85 to $1149.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $54.03 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.40% or 0.23 to trade at $57.19 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.02% to 7.1472, while USD/PHP fell 0.24% to 49.705.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.29% at 102.94.