Investing.com – Philippines equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Industrials, Holding Firms and Mining & Oil sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite lost 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were JG Summit Holdings Inc (PS:JGS), which rose 2.12% or 1.600 points to trade at 77.100 at the close. SM Prime Holdings Inc (PS:SMPH) added 1.97% or 0.600 points to end at 31.000 and Semirara Mining Corp (PS:SCC) was up 1.97% or 2.7000 points to 139.7000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Universal Robina Corp (PS:URC), which lost 3.99% or 6.900 points to trade at 166.100 in late trade. LT Group Inc (PS:LTG) declined 1.94% or 0.240 points to end at 12.120 and First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN) shed 1.57% or 0.35 points to 22.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 94 to 84 and 45 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.18% or 2.15 to $1203.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.58% or 0.30 to hit $52.42 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.61% or 0.33 to trade at $54.49 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.16% to 7.2687, while USD/PHP fell 0.05% to 49.965.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.03% at 101.07.