Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrials, Mining & Oil and Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite declined 0.95%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Dmci Holdings (PS:DMC), which rose 0.67% or 0.080 points to trade at 11.880 at the close. Meanwhile, Ayala Land (PS:ALI) added 0.66% or 0.250 points to end at 38.150 and Jg Summit (PS:JGS) was up 0.34% or 0.250 points to 73.200 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bk Of Phi Isla (PS:BPI), which fell 3.23% or 3.10 points to trade at 92.95 at the close. Semirara Minin (PS:SCC) declined 3.11% or 3.7000 points to end at 115.1000 and Universal Robi (PS:URC) was down 2.45% or 4.900 points to 195.000.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 105 to 72 and 18 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.13% or 1.40 to $1084.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.38% or 0.17 to hit $44.98 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.21% or 0.10 to trade at $49.70 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.03% to 7.3699, while USD/PHP rose 0.03% to 45.765.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.07% at 98.04.