Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Property, Services and Mining & Oil sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite lost 0.18% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co (PS:MBT), which rose 4.67% or 3.90 points to trade at 87.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Jollibee Foods Corp (PS:JFC) added 3.27% or 8.000 points to end at 253.000 and Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG) was up 2.76% or 0.130 points to 4.840 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SM Prime Holdings Inc (PS:SMPH), which fell 4.36% or 1.300 points to trade at 28.550 at the close. GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP) declined 1.63% or 25.000 points to end at 1510.000 and Universal Robina Corp (PS:URC) was down 1.60% or 3.000 points to 184.000.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 121 to 81 and 41 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.15% or 1.95 to $1309.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.27% or 0.12 to hit $44.82 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.17% or 0.08 to trade at $46.97 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.16% to 6.9958, while USD/PHP rose 0.30% to 46.735.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.04% at 96.05.