Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Holding Firms, Property and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite fell 1.60% to hit a new 6-months low.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Robinsons Land Corp (PS:RLC), which rose 3.85% or 1.000 points to trade at 27.000 at the close. Meanwhile, International Container Terminal Services Inc (PS:ICT) added 2.48% or 1.800 points to end at 74.450 and Emperador Inc (PS:EMP) was up 2.11% or 0.150 points to 7.250 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Petron Corp (PS:PCOR), which fell 6.13% or 0.620 points to trade at 9.500 at the close. Ayala Corp (PS:AC) declined 3.99% or 29.500 points to end at 710.000 and SM Investments Corp (PS:SM) was down 3.85% or 25.000 points to 625.000.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 122 to 61 and 40 ended unchanged.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.67% or 7.85 to $1169.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.41% or 0.21 to hit $51.89 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.26% or 0.14 to trade at $54.60 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.09% to 7.2117, while USD/PHP rose 0.09% to 49.666.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.17% at 100.92.