Investing.com – Philippines equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Mining & Oil, Industrials and Holding Firms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite fell 1.00%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were First Gen (PS:FGEN), which rose 1.38% or 0.35 points to trade at 25.75 at the close. Robinsons Land (PS:RLC) added 1.05% or 0.300 points to end at 28.150 and Bk Of Phi Isla (PS:BPI) was up 0.84% or 0.80 points to 95.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Semirara Minin (PS:SCC), which lost 13.29% or 19.0000 points to trade at 123.5000 in late trade. Dmci Holdings (PS:DMC) declined 7.56% or 1.020 points to end at 12.460 and Philex Mining (PS:PX) shed 2.54% or 0.150 points to 5.710.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 110 to 78 and 9 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 1.63% or 18.40 to $1113.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.17% or 0.09 to hit $51.30 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $57.09 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.20% to 7.3047, while USD/PHP rose 0.13% to 45.330.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 98.01.