Investing.com – Philippines equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Property, Mining & Oil and Banking & Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite lost 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were LT Group Inc (PS:LTG), which rose 10.35% or 1.960 points to trade at 20.900 at the close. Aboitiz Power Corp (PS:AP) added 1.34% or 0.55 points to end at 41.55 and San Miguel Corp (PS:SMC) was up 1.25% or 1.50 points to 121.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Globe Telecom Inc (PS:GLO), which lost 4.71% or 85.00 points to trade at 1720.00 in late trade. SM Prime Holdings Inc (PS:SMPH) declined 2.41% or 0.950 points to end at 38.400 and BDO Unibank Inc (PS:BDO) shed 2.31% or 3.70 points to 156.30.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 128 to 75 and 42 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.38% or 5.00 to $1317.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.23% or 0.14 to hit $61.58 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.12% or 0.08 to trade at $67.70 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.66% to 7.7210, while USD/PHP rose 0.75% to 50.150.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 91.96.