Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Industrials, Services and Mining & Oil sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite lost 0.47%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were DMCI Holdings Inc (PS:DMC), which rose 3.82% or 0.600 points to trade at 16.300 at the close. Meanwhile, BDO Unibank Inc (PS:BDO) added 2.49% or 3.40 points to end at 139.90 and Globe Telecom Inc (PS:GLO) was up 2.12% or 44.00 points to 2118.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were LT Group Inc (PS:LTG), which fell 5.19% or 0.960 points to trade at 17.520 at the close. Universal Robina Corp (PS:URC) declined 3.87% or 5.80 points to end at 144.00 and First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN) was down 1.89% or 0.36 points to 18.64.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 96 to 91 and 56 ended unchanged.
Shares in BDO Unibank Inc (PS:BDO) rose to all time highs; up 2.49% or 3.40 to 139.90.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.21% or 2.74 to $1291.06 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.26% or 0.13 to hit $51.05 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.26% or 0.15 to trade at $56.76 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.12% to 7.8164, while USD/PHP rose 0.05% to 51.470.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 92.96.