Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Services, Banking & Financials and Holding Firms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite fell 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN), which rose 7.61% or 1.18 points to trade at 16.68 at the close. Meanwhile, Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc (PS:AEV) added 1.43% or 1.050 points to end at 74.300 and San Miguel Corp (PS:SMC) was up 1.42% or 2.00 points to 143.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Robinsons Land Corp (PS:RLC), which fell 4.02% or 0.830 points to trade at 19.820 at the close. LT Group Inc (PS:LTG) declined 1.99% or 0.400 points to end at 19.700 and Ayala Corp (PS:AC) was down 1.73% or 18.00 points to 1020.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 126 to 80 and 53 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.21% or 2.80 to $1318.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.23% or 0.14 to hit $60.26 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.36% or 0.23 to trade at $63.84 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.09% to 8.2144, while USD/PHP rose 0.03% to 52.055.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 90.17.