Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Mining & Oil, Banking & Financials and Holding Firms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite fell 0.72%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Lt Group (PS:LTG), which rose 3.56% or 0.480 points to trade at 13.980 at the close. Meanwhile, Petron (PS:PCOR) added 0.56% or 0.050 points to end at 9.050 and Aboitiz Power (PS:AP) was up 0.45% or 0.20 points to 45.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Alliance Globa (PS:AGI), which fell 2.61% or 0.600 points to trade at 22.500 at the close. Metro Pacifi I (PS:MPI) declined 2.49% or 0.120 points to end at 4.700 and Semirara Minin (PS:SCC) was down 2.25% or 3.2000 points to 139.9000.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 126 to 63 and 10 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.49% or 5.70 to $1178.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.05% or 1.23 to hit $58.41 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 2.20% or 1.39 to trade at $61.87 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.05% to 7.2732, while USD/PHP rose 0.05% to 45.160.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.32% at 95.90.