Investing.com – Philippines equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Property, Services and Mining & Oil sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite fell 0.55%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN), which rose 1.02% or 0.25 points to trade at 24.75 at the close. LT Group Inc (PS:LTG) added 0.88% or 0.140 points to end at 15.980 and Energy Development Corp (PS:EDC) was up 0.70% or 0.040 points to 5.790 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bloomberry Resorts Corp (PS:BLOOM), which lost 3.13% or 0.210 points to trade at 6.500 in late trade. Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG) declined 2.92% or 0.150 points to end at 4.990 and Semirara Mining Corp (PS:SCC) shed 1.91% or 2.3000 points to 118.0000.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 95 to 90 and 50 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 0.12% or 1.60 to $1329.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $46.62 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.06% or 0.03 to trade at $47.64 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.33% to 6.9762, while USD/PHP fell 0.20% to 46.720.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.12% at 96.58.