Investing.com – Philippines equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Mining & Oil, Banking & Financials and Holding Firms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite lost 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG), which rose 3.13% or 0.150 points to trade at 4.950 at the close. PLDT Inc (PS:TEL) added 1.44% or 21.00 points to end at 1481.00 and Aboitiz Power Corp (PS:AP) was up 1.23% or 0.50 points to 41.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP), which lost 3.04% or 41.00 points to trade at 1309.00 in late trade. Ayala Corp (PS:AC) declined 2.36% or 25.00 points to end at 1035.00 and Robinsons Land Corp (PS:RLC) shed 1.93% or 0.400 points to 20.300.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 112 to 103 and 54 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.81% or 10.90 to $1328.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.09% or 0.06 to hit $63.91 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.30% or 0.21 to trade at $69.17 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.22% to 7.9080, while USD/PHP rose 0.18% to 50.813.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 90.52.