Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Industrials, Services and Property sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite lost 0.36%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Robinsons Land (PS:RLC), which rose 2.84% or 0.800 points to trade at 29.000 at the close. Meanwhile, Gt Capital Hol (PS:GTCAP) added 2.44% or 33.000 points to end at 1385.000 and Philex Mining (PS:PX) was up 2.14% or 0.140 points to 6.690 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Universal Robi (PS:URC), which fell 3.26% or 6.300 points to trade at 187.000 at the close. San Miguel Cor (PS:SMC) declined 1.97% or 1.250 points to end at 62.150 and Sm Investment (PS:SM) was down 1.19% or 10.500 points to 874.500.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 86 to 76 and 24 ended unchanged.
Shares in San Miguel Cor (PS:SMC) fell to 52-week lows; down 1.97% or 1.250 to 62.150.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.04% or 0.50 to $1174.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.96% or 0.56 to hit $57.45 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.73% or 0.45 to trade at $61.58 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.13% to 7.2340, while USD/PHP fell 0.11% to 44.868.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.04% at 95.53.