Investing.com – Philippines equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Property, Banking & Financials and Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite declined 0.90% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Philex Mining (PS:PX), which rose 6.92% or 0.330 points to trade at 5.100 at the close. Semirara Minin (PS:SCC) added 1.57% or 2.0000 points to end at 128.9000 and Universal Robi (PS:URC) was up 0.68% or 1.300 points to 192.500 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lt Group (PS:LTG), which lost 3.25% or 0.460 points to trade at 13.720 in late trade. Bloomberry Res (PS:BLOOM) declined 2.97% or 0.220 points to end at 7.180 and Energy Develop (PS:EDC) shed 2.77% or 0.180 points to 6.320.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 99 to 77 and 23 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.76% or 8.60 to $1136.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.76% or 0.32 to hit $40.95 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.66% or 0.31 to trade at $46.85 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.59% to 7.2891, while USD/PHP rose 0.49% to 46.570.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.10% at 96.52.