Investing.com – Philippines equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Property, Mining & Oil and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite fell 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were DMCI Holdings Inc (PS:DMC), which rose 1.92% or 0.300 points to trade at 15.900 at the close. JG Summit Holdings Inc (PS:JGS) added 1.29% or 1.000 points to end at 78.500 and Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co (PS:MBT) was up 1.27% or 1.10 points to 88.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SM Prime Holdings Inc (PS:SMPH), which lost 2.30% or 0.800 points to trade at 34.000 in late trade. Aboitiz Power Corp (PS:AP) declined 2.11% or 0.85 points to end at 39.35 and Security Bank Corp (PS:SECB) shed 2.11% or 4.80 points to 223.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 109 to 99 and 50 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.04% or 0.47 to $1254.43 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.42% or 0.19 to hit $45.58 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.37% or 0.18 to trade at $47.88 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.24% to 7.5134, while USD/PHP rose 0.02% to 50.730.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 93.84.