Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Industrials, Property and Banking & Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite lost 0.63%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were San Miguel Cor (PS:SMC), which rose 4.25% or 2.550 points to trade at 62.500 at the close. Meanwhile, Bloomberry Res (PS:BLOOM) added 3.06% or 0.270 points to end at 9.100 and Lt Group (PS:LTG) was up 2.11% or 0.280 points to 13.580 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sm Prime Hldgs (PS:SMPH), which fell 2.88% or 0.560 points to trade at 18.900 at the close. Metro Pacifi I (PS:MPI) declined 2.86% or 0.130 points to end at 4.420 and Jg Summit (PS:JGS) was down 2.79% or 1.900 points to 66.100.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 104 to 78 and 21 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.12% or 1.40 to $1177.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.40% or 0.24 to hit $60.16 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.31% or 0.20 to trade at $64.44 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.25% to 7.2778, while USD/PHP fell 0.27% to 45.175.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.11% at 95.34.