Investing.com – Philippines equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Mining & Oil, Holding Firms and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite declined 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were PLDT Inc (PS:TEL), which rose 3.03% or 41.00 points to trade at 1395.00 at the close. GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP) added 2.89% or 29.00 points to end at 1032.00 and SM Prime Holdings Inc (PS:SMPH) was up 1.50% or 0.550 points to 37.300 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Globe Telecom Inc (PS:GLO), which lost 4.21% or 72.00 points to trade at 1638.00 in late trade. Metro Pacific Investments Corp (PS:MPI) declined 3.92% or 0.200 points to end at 4.900 and Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG) shed 2.79% or 0.130 points to 4.530.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 115 to 86 and 52 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.11% or 1.40 to $1288.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.25% or 0.18 to hit $71.67 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.53% or 0.42 to trade at $79.72 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.81% to 8.2134, while USD/PHP rose 0.01% to 52.318.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 93.37.