Investing.com – Philippines equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Holding Firms, Mining & Oil and Banking & Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite lost 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Universal Robina Corp (PS:URC), which rose 2.52% or 4.000 points to trade at 163.000 at the close. International Container Terminal Services Inc (PS:ICT) added 1.54% or 1.150 points to end at 76.000 and Ayala Land Inc (PS:ALI) was up 1.54% or 0.550 points to 36.300 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Robinsons Land Corp (PS:RLC), which lost 3.48% or 0.900 points to trade at 24.950 in late trade. Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG) declined 3.39% or 0.130 points to end at 3.710 and GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP) shed 2.27% or 29.000 points to 1251.000.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 112 to 80 and 42 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.93% or 11.55 to $1225.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $52.99 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.05% or 0.03 to trade at $55.66 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.16% to 7.2568, while USD/PHP rose 0.05% to 49.905.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 100.86.