Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Mining & Oil, Banking & Financials and Holding Firms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite declined 0.32%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were International Container Terminal Services Inc (PS:ICT), which rose 10.23% or 6.950 points to trade at 74.900 at the close. Meanwhile, Bloomberry Resorts Corp (PS:BLOOM) added 3.86% or 0.230 points to end at 6.190 and PLDT Inc (PS:TEL) was up 2.51% or 46.00 points to 1876.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Semirara Mining Corp (PS:SCC), which fell 7.52% or 8.2000 points to trade at 100.8000 at the close. DMCI Holdings Inc (PS:DMC) declined 4.06% or 0.520 points to end at 12.280 and SM Prime Holdings Inc (PS:SMPH) was down 2.00% or 0.600 points to 29.450.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 114 to 77 and 38 ended unchanged.
Shares in Semirara Mining Corp (PS:SCC) fell to 52-week lows; losing 7.52% or 8.2000 to 100.8000.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.49% or 6.65 to $1343.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.32% or 0.14 to hit $43.63 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $46.03 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.65% to 7.0117, while USD/PHP fell 0.43% to 46.592.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.09% at 95.81.