Investing.com – Philippines equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Holding Firms, Banking & Financials and Mining & Oil sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite lost 0.86%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Universal Robina Corp (PS:URC), which rose 2.19% or 3.00 points to trade at 140.00 at the close. First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN) added 2.01% or 0.34 points to end at 17.22 and Ayala Land Inc (PS:ALI) was up 1.74% or 0.750 points to 43.900 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ayala Corp (PS:AC), which lost 4.95% or 53.00 points to trade at 1017.00 in late trade. Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co (PS:MBT) declined 3.29% or 3.05 points to end at 89.70 and SM Investments Corp (PS:SM) shed 3.01% or 29.50 points to 950.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 110 to 90 and 38 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.29% or 3.76 to $1276.74 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.54% or 0.28 to hit $52.12 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $57.75 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.24% to 7.7625, while USD/PHP rose 0.03% to 51.525.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 93.81.