Investing.com – Philippines equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Mining & Oil, Industrials and Property sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite lost 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Aboitiz Equity (PS:AEV), which rose 3.17% or 1.800 points to trade at 58.500 at the close. Aboitiz Power (PS:AP) added 2.41% or 1.00 points to end at 42.50 and San Miguel Cor (PS:SMC) was up 2.36% or 1.600 points to 69.400 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Universal Robi (PS:URC), which lost 3.14% or 7.000 points to trade at 216.000 in late trade. Gt Capital Hol (PS:GTCAP) declined 2.56% or 34.000 points to end at 1296.000 and Metro Pacifi I (PS:MPI) shed 1.01% or 0.050 points to 4.880.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 101 to 92 and 15 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.44% or 5.30 to $1203.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.17% or 0.67 to hit $56.05 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.98% or 0.62 to trade at $63.35 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.38% to 7.1426, while USD/PHP fell 0.38% to 44.260.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.27% at 97.62.