Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Services, Holding Firms and Property sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite lost 0.14%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were San Miguel Cor (PS:SMC), which rose 14.30% or 6.350 points to trade at 50.750 at the close. Meanwhile, Universal Robi (PS:URC) added 3.28% or 6.100 points to end at 192.000 and Metropolitan B (PS:MBT) was up 1.81% or 1.45 points to 81.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Alliance Globa (PS:AGI), which fell 4.53% or 0.860 points to trade at 18.140 at the close. Globe Telecom (PS:GLO) declined 3.02% or 74.000 points to end at 2380.000 and Ayala Corp (PS:AC) was down 2.57% or 19.500 points to 740.000.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 104 to 79 and 12 ended unchanged.
Shares in Alliance Globa (PS:AGI) fell to 52-week lows; losing 4.53% or 0.860 to 18.140.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.30% or 3.40 to $1134.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.02% or 0.46 to hit $44.94 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.73% or 0.35 to trade at $48.10 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.10% to 7.3282, while USD/PHP fell 0.06% to 46.800.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.11% at 96.29.