Investing.com – Philippines equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Holding Firms, Mining & Oil and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite fell 1.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were LT Group Inc (PS:LTG), which rose 1.14% or 0.200 points to trade at 17.700 at the close. First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN) added 0.78% or 0.12 points to end at 15.52 and Globe Telecom Inc (PS:GLO) was up 0.76% or 15.00 points to 1985.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ayala Corp (PS:AC), which lost 4.40% or 44.00 points to trade at 955.00 in late trade. JG Summit Holdings Inc (PS:JGS) declined 4.11% or 2.200 points to end at 51.300 and Manila Electric Co (PS:MER) shed 3.53% or 12.80 points to 350.20.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 114 to 83 and 40 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.95% or 11.20 to $1195.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.23% or 0.15 to hit $65.36 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.67% or 0.48 to trade at $72.31 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.46% to 7.7866, while USD/PHP rose 0.07% to 53.350.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 96.16.