Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Property, Services and Mining & Oil sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite declined 0.55%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Jollibee Foods (PS:JFC), which rose 3.53% or 6.500 points to trade at 190.500 at the close. Meanwhile, Dmci Holdings (PS:DMC) added 2.02% or 0.260 points to end at 13.160 and Petron (PS:PCOR) was up 1.90% or 0.130 points to 6.990 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sm Prime Hldgs (PS:SMPH), which fell 4.47% or 1.000 points to trade at 21.350 at the close. Gt Capital Hol (PS:GTCAP) declined 2.31% or 30.000 points to end at 1270.000 and Ayala Land (PS:ALI) was down 2.28% or 0.800 points to 34.250.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 117 to 71 and 10 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.03% or 0.30 to $1138.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.11% or 0.50 to hit $45.52 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.70% or 0.33 to trade at $47.80 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.11% to 7.2960, while USD/PHP fell 0.04% to 46.468.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.11% at 95.26.