Investing.com – Philippines equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Property, Holding Firms and Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite fell 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Universal Robina Corp (PS:URC), which rose 1.43% or 2.00 points to trade at 142.00 at the close. Energy Development Corp (PS:EDC) added 1.23% or 0.070 points to end at 5.750 and International Container Terminal Services Inc (PS:ICT) was up 1.18% or 1.200 points to 103.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Metro Pacific Investments Corp (PS:MPI), which lost 3.63% or 0.250 points to trade at 6.640 in late trade. DMCI Holdings Inc (PS:DMC) declined 1.80% or 0.280 points to end at 15.240 and SM Investments Corp (PS:SM) shed 1.35% or 13.00 points to 947.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 102 to 77 and 58 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.03% or 0.33 to $1279.33 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.11% or 0.06 to hit $52.12 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.19% or 0.11 to trade at $58.33 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.31% to 7.8163, while USD/PHP rose 0.29% to 51.865.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 93.56.