Investing.com – Philippines equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrials, Holding Firms and Mining & Oil sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite fell 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were PLDT Inc (PS:TEL), which rose 4.71% or 77.00 points to trade at 1712.00 at the close. DMCI Holdings Inc (PS:DMC) added 1.41% or 0.220 points to end at 15.800 and Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc (PS:AEV) was up 1.22% or 0.900 points to 74.950 in late trade.
Biggest losers included JG Summit Holdings Inc (PS:JGS), which lost 6.21% or 4.600 points to trade at 69.450 in late trade. Universal Robina Corp (PS:URC) declined 4.91% or 7.20 points to end at 139.50 and GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP) shed 2.67% or 32.00 points to 1168.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 111 to 82 and 53 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.40% or 5.07 to $1284.37 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.34% or 0.17 to hit $49.73 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.55% or 0.29 to trade at $52.99 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.52% to 7.6266, while USD/PHP rose 0.47% to 50.810.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 93.60.