Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Industrials, Holding Firms and Mining & Oil sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite fell 0.75%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were PLDT Inc (PS:TEL), which rose 4.59% or 62.00 points to trade at 1412.00 at the close. Meanwhile, LT Group Inc (PS:LTG) added 4.17% or 0.600 points to end at 15.000 and DMCI Holdings Inc (PS:DMC) was up 3.69% or 0.420 points to 11.800 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN), which fell 4.53% or 0.76 points to trade at 16.00 at the close. Universal Robina Corp (PS:URC) declined 3.46% or 5.00 points to end at 139.50 and Petron Corp (PS:PCOR) was down 3.34% or 0.290 points to 8.400.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 100 to 74 and 53 ended unchanged.
Shares in Petron Corp (PS:PCOR) fell to 52-week lows; down 3.34% or 0.290 to 8.400.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.53% or 6.30 to $1189.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.08% or 0.06 to hit $73.31 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.12% or 0.10 to trade at $82.83 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.32% to 7.8805, while USD/PHP rose 0.23% to 54.130.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 94.81.