Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Mining & Oil, Property and Services 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 GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP), which rose 1.54% or 20.000 points to trade at 1320.000 at the close. Meanwhile, Emperador Inc (PS:EMP) added 1.23% or 0.090 points to end at 7.400 and First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN) was up 0.91% or 0.20 points to 22.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were LT Group Inc (PS:LTG), which fell 2.71% or 0.340 points to trade at 12.200 at the close. Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG) declined 2.33% or 0.090 points to end at 3.780 and Globe Telecom Inc (PS:GLO) was down 2.30% or 40.000 points to 1700.000.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 113 to 66 and 56 ended unchanged.
Shares in LT Group Inc (PS:LTG) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.71% or 0.340 to 12.200.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.34% or 4.05 to $1195.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.11% or 0.06 to hit $53.07 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.02 to trade at $56.03 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.01% to 7.2073, while USD/PHP rose 0.47% to 49.724.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.16% at 101.30.