Investing.com – Philippines equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Property, Holding Firms and Mining & Oil sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite lost 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were PLDT Inc (PS:TEL), which rose 2.49% or 40.00 points to trade at 1646.00 at the close. International Container Terminal Services Inc (PS:ICT) added 2.16% or 1.900 points to end at 89.900 and Alliance Global Group Inc (PS:AGI) was up 1.77% or 0.220 points to 12.680 in late trade.
Biggest losers included First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN), which lost 4.77% or 1.05 points to trade at 20.95 in late trade. GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP) declined 2.72% or 32.00 points to end at 1145.00 and Ayala Land Inc (PS:ALI) shed 2.36% or 0.800 points to 33.050.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 102 to 84 and 43 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.27% or 3.30 to $1241.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.36% or 0.18 to hit $50.17 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.49% or 0.26 to trade at $52.87 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.00% to 7.2876, while USD/PHP rose 0.08% to 50.240.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 100.33.