Investing.com – Philippines equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Mining & Oil, Holding Firms and Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite fell 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Alliance Global Group Inc (PS:AGI), which rose 1.59% or 0.200 points to trade at 12.800 at the close. BDO Unibank Inc (PS:BDO) added 1.36% or 1.50 points to end at 112.00 and Universal Robina Corp (PS:URC) was up 1.19% or 1.900 points to 162.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co (PS:MBT), which lost 2.29% or 1.90 points to trade at 81.10 in late trade. GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP) declined 1.78% or 23.000 points to end at 1266.000 and Ayala Corp (PS:AC) shed 1.60% or 13.000 points to 802.000.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 102 to 80 and 43 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.82% or 9.95 to $1218.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.09% or 0.05 to hit $53.83 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.09% or 0.05 to trade at $56.85 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.21% to 7.2252, while USD/PHP fell 0.21% to 49.725.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 99.37.