Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Services, Industrials and Property sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite fell 0.06%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Bank of the Philippine Islands (PS:BPI), which rose 2.47% or 2.40 points to trade at 99.40 at the close. Meanwhile, SM Investments Corp (PS:SM) added 1.73% or 15.00 points to end at 882.00 and GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP) was up 1.46% or 14.50 points to 1010.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PLDT Inc (PS:TEL), which fell 6.16% or 85.00 points to trade at 1295.00 at the close. JG Summit Holdings Inc (PS:JGS) declined 2.57% or 1.550 points to end at 58.750 and Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc (PS:AEV) was down 2.46% or 1.600 points to 63.400.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 128 to 74 and 38 ended unchanged.
Shares in PLDT Inc (PS:TEL) fell to 52-week lows; down 6.16% or 85.00 to 1295.00.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.54% or 7.10 to $1296.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.62% or 1.10 to hit $66.78 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.31% or 1.00 to trade at $75.47 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.33% to 8.2067, while USD/PHP fell 0.26% to 52.480.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 94.03.