Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Mining & Oil, Services and Holding Firms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite fell 0.10% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were LT Group Inc (PS:LTG), which rose 3.03% or 0.500 points to trade at 17.000 at the close. Meanwhile, SM Prime Holdings Inc (PS:SMPH) added 2.93% or 0.850 points to end at 29.850 and BDO Unibank Inc (PS:BDO) was up 2.05% or 2.30 points to 114.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bloomberry Resorts Corp (PS:BLOOM), which fell 4.62% or 0.270 points to trade at 5.580 at the close. Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co (PS:MBT) declined 4.02% or 3.50 points to end at 83.50 and Petron Corp (PS:PCOR) was down 4.01% or 0.420 points to 10.060.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 98 to 83 and 52 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.07% or 0.95 to $1317.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.43% or 0.20 to hit $46.15 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.70% or 0.34 to trade at $48.39 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.30% to 6.9740, while USD/PHP rose 0.23% to 46.585.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.06% at 95.99.