Investing.com – Philippines equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Holding Firms, Property and Mining & Oil sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite declined 0.84%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Globe Telecom Inc (PS:GLO), which rose 2.08% or 33.00 points to trade at 1622.00 at the close. Bank of the Philippine Islands (PS:BPI) added 1.74% or 2.00 points to end at 117.00 and Jollibee Foods Corp (PS:JFC) was up 1.56% or 4.60 points to 299.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included San Miguel Corp (PS:SMC), which lost 5.96% or 8.50 points to trade at 134.00 in late trade. SM Investments Corp (PS:SM) declined 3.27% or 31.00 points to end at 917.00 and Manila Electric Co (PS:MER) shed 3.05% or 10.00 points to 318.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.06% or 0.80 to $1325.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.79% or 0.51 to hit $64.89 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $69.44 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.12% to 8.3121, while USD/PHP fell 0.11% to 52.159.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 89.75.