Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Mining & Oil, Banking & Financials and Property sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite lost 0.15% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN), which rose 6.88% or 1.65 points to trade at 25.65 at the close. Meanwhile, PLDT Inc (PS:TEL) added 1.67% or 30.00 points to end at 1831.00 and Globe Telecom Inc (PS:GLO) was up 1.04% or 22.000 points to 2128.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ayala Land Inc (PS:ALI), which fell 1.75% or 0.700 points to trade at 39.300 at the close. Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co (PS:MBT) declined 1.68% or 1.50 points to end at 87.75 and BDO Unibank Inc (PS:BDO) was down 1.14% or 1.30 points to 113.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 96 to 94 and 43 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.01% or 0.15 to $1329.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $46.78 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.18% or 0.09 to trade at $48.96 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.28% to 6.9677, while USD/PHP fell 0.40% to 46.350.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 94.60.