Investing.com – Philippines equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Banking & Financials, Mining & Oil and Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite declined 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG), which rose 2.57% or 0.130 points to trade at 5.190 at the close. SM Prime Holdings Inc (PS:SMPH) added 2.22% or 0.650 points to end at 29.900 and Petron Corp (PS:PCOR) was up 1.52% or 0.160 points to 10.720 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co (PS:MBT), which lost 1.99% or 1.85 points to trade at 91.15 in late trade. Jollibee Foods Corp (PS:JFC) declined 1.92% or 5.000 points to end at 255.000 and International Container Terminal Services Inc (PS:ICT) shed 1.09% or 0.700 points to 63.250.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 101 to 79 and 46 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.03% or 0.45 to $1367.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.76% or 0.32 to hit $41.61 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.93% or 0.41 to trade at $43.88 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.19% to 7.0667, while USD/PHP fell 0.13% to 46.965.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 95.62.