Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking & Financials, Industrials and Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite declined 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were San Miguel Corp (PS:SMC), which rose 3.00% or 4.20 points to trade at 144.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Semirara Mining Corp (PS:SCC) added 2.24% or 0.65 points to end at 29.65 and Energy Development Corp (PS:EDC) was up 1.95% or 0.100 points to 5.240 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were BDO Unibank Inc (PS:BDO), which fell 2.19% or 2.90 points to trade at 129.40 at the close. PLDT Inc (PS:TEL) declined 2.08% or 29.00 points to end at 1366.00 and Bank of the Philippine Islands (PS:BPI) was down 1.81% or 1.80 points to 97.70.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 104 to 84 and 54 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.67% or 8.60 to $1282.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.45% or 0.32 to hit $71.69 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.56% or 0.44 to trade at $78.95 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.10% to 8.2069, while USD/PHP rose 0.23% to 52.425.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 93.81.