Investing.com – Philippines equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Mining & Oil, Property and Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite declined 0.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc (PS:AEV), which rose 3.09% or 1.950 points to trade at 65.000 at the close. First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN) added 2.39% or 0.50 points to end at 21.40 and Ayala Corp (PS:AC) was up 1.75% or 13.000 points to 755.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Philex Mining Corp (PS:PX), which lost 3.44% or 0.200 points to trade at 5.620 in late trade. Petron Corp (PS:PCOR) declined 2.39% or 0.260 points to end at 10.600 and Ayala Land Inc (PS:ALI) shed 2.37% or 0.850 points to 35.000.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 98 to 87 and 38 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.57% or 7.00 to $1216.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.01% or 0.40 to hit $39.86 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.66% or 0.27 to trade at $41.30 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.00% to 7.1210, while USD/PHP fell 0.14% to 46.325.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 96.25.