Investing.com – Philippines equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Property, Banking & Financials and Mining & Oil sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite declined 0.82%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Petron Corp (PS:PCOR), which rose 1.70% or 0.180 points to trade at 10.740 at the close. LT Group Inc (PS:LTG) added 1.44% or 0.220 points to end at 15.500 and Manila Electric Co (PS:MER) was up 0.14% or 0.400 points to 291.200 in late trade.
Biggest losers included BDO Unibank Inc (PS:BDO), which lost 2.69% or 3.10 points to trade at 112.00 in late trade. Security Bank Corp (PS:SECB) declined 2.25% or 5.20 points to end at 226.00 and SM Prime Holdings Inc (PS:SMPH) shed 1.90% or 0.550 points to 28.350.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 101 to 85 and 46 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.23% or 2.95 to $1264.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.12% or 0.06 to hit $50.69 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.27% or 0.14 to trade at $51.52 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.13% to 7.1393, while USD/PHP rose 0.38% to 48.265.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.26% at 98.55.