Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Services, Holding Firms and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite declined 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Lt Group (PS:LTG), which rose 11.94% or 1.480 points to trade at 13.880 at the close. Meanwhile, Robinsons Land (PS:RLC) added 5.87% or 1.700 points to end at 30.650 and Sm Prime Hldgs (PS:SMPH) was up 2.33% or 0.500 points to 22.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bloomberry Res (PS:BLOOM), which fell 4.20% or 0.230 points to trade at 5.250 at the close. First Gen (PS:FGEN) declined 2.95% or 0.70 points to end at 23.00 and Energy Develop (PS:EDC) was down 2.58% or 0.160 points to 6.050.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 101 to 74 and 19 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.13% or 1.40 to $1089.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.97% or 0.43 to hit $43.78 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.38% or 0.18 to trade at $47.91 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.99% to 7.3715, while USD/PHP fell 0.66% to 47.055.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.15% at 99.12.