Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Holding Firms, Banking & Financials and Mining & Oil sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite declined 0.53%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were International Container Terminal Services Inc (PS:ICT), which rose 2.30% or 1.750 points to trade at 77.850 at the close. Meanwhile, Emperador Inc (PS:EMP) added 1.90% or 0.140 points to end at 7.490 and Jollibee Foods Corp (PS:JFC) was up 1.54% or 3.800 points to 250.800 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP), which fell 3.31% or 47.000 points to trade at 1373.000 at the close. LT Group Inc (PS:LTG) declined 2.19% or 0.340 points to end at 15.160 and Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co (PS:MBT) was down 2.07% or 1.80 points to 85.15.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 93 to 73 and 57 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.15% or 1.85 to $1265.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.14% or 0.07 to hit $50.92 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.31% or 0.16 to trade at $51.94 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.20% to 7.1155, while USD/PHP fell 0.13% to 48.169.
The US Dollar Index was unchanged 0.00% at 98.62.