Investing.com – Philippines equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Industrials, Services and Mining & Oil sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite fell 0.47%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were DMCI Holdings Inc (PS:DMC), which rose 3.82% or 0.600 points to trade at 16.300 at the close. BDO Unibank Inc (PS:BDO) added 2.49% or 3.40 points to end at 139.90 and Globe Telecom Inc (PS:GLO) was up 2.12% or 44.00 points to 2118.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included LT Group Inc (PS:LTG), which lost 5.19% or 0.960 points to trade at 17.520 in late trade. Universal Robina Corp (PS:URC) declined 3.87% or 5.80 points to end at 144.00 and First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN) shed 1.89% or 0.36 points to 18.64.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 96 to 91 and 56 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.22% or 2.79 to $1291.01 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.26% or 0.13 to hit $51.05 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.23% or 0.13 to trade at $56.74 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.29% to 7.8031, while USD/PHP rose 0.05% to 51.470.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 92.96.