Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Banking & Financials, Mining & Oil and Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite lost 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG), which rose 2.57% or 0.130 points to trade at 5.190 at the close. Meanwhile, SM Prime Holdings Inc (PS:SMPH) added 2.22% or 0.650 points to end at 29.900 and Petron Corp (PS:PCOR) was up 1.52% or 0.160 points to 10.720 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co (PS:MBT), which fell 1.99% or 1.85 points to trade at 91.15 at the close. Jollibee Foods Corp (PS:JFC) declined 1.92% or 5.000 points to end at 255.000 and International Container Terminal Services Inc (PS:ICT) was down 1.09% or 0.700 points to 63.250.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 101 to 79 and 46 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.04% or 0.55 to $1367.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.74% or 0.31 to hit $41.62 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.93% or 0.41 to trade at $43.88 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.19% to 7.0667, while USD/PHP fell 0.13% to 46.965.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 95.62.