Investing.com – Philippines equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrials, Mining & Oil and Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite fell 0.95%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Dmci Holdings (PS:DMC), which rose 0.67% or 0.080 points to trade at 11.880 at the close. Ayala Land (PS:ALI) added 0.66% or 0.250 points to end at 38.150 and Jg Summit (PS:JGS) was up 0.34% or 0.250 points to 73.200 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bk Of Phi Isla (PS:BPI), which lost 3.23% or 3.10 points to trade at 92.95 in late trade. Semirara Minin (PS:SCC) declined 3.11% or 3.7000 points to end at 115.1000 and Universal Robi (PS:URC) shed 2.45% or 4.900 points to 195.000.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 105 to 72 and 18 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.13% or 1.40 to $1084.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.38% or 0.17 to hit $44.98 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.20% or 0.10 to trade at $49.69 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.03% to 7.3699, while USD/PHP rose 0.03% to 45.765.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.07% at 98.04.