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 fell 0.55%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN), which rose 1.02% or 0.25 points to trade at 24.75 at the close. Meanwhile, LT Group Inc (PS:LTG) added 0.88% or 0.140 points to end at 15.980 and Energy Development Corp (PS:EDC) was up 0.70% or 0.040 points to 5.790 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bloomberry Resorts Corp (PS:BLOOM), which fell 3.13% or 0.210 points to trade at 6.500 at the close. Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG) declined 2.92% or 0.150 points to end at 4.990 and Semirara Mining Corp (PS:SCC) was down 1.91% or 2.3000 points to 118.0000.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 95 to 90 and 50 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.08% or 1.10 to $1328.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.13% or 0.06 to hit $46.59 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $47.62 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.33% to 6.9762, while USD/PHP fell 0.20% to 46.720.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.12% at 96.58.