Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Mining & Oil, Holding Firms and Property sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite declined 0.78%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were San Miguel Corp (PS:SMC), which rose 2.49% or 2.50 points to trade at 103.00 at the close. Meanwhile, PLDT Inc (PS:TEL) added 2.04% or 34.00 points to end at 1700.00 and Aboitiz Power Corp (PS:AP) was up 1.32% or 0.55 points to 42.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Semirara Mining Corp (PS:SCC), which fell 4.02% or 1.75 points to trade at 41.75 at the close. Alliance Global Group Inc (PS:AGI) declined 3.06% or 0.500 points to end at 15.860 and Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co (PS:MBT) was down 2.50% or 2.30 points to 89.70.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 137 to 72 and 36 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.08% or 0.97 to $1285.23 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.27% or 0.14 to hit $52.02 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.60% or 0.35 to trade at $58.23 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.07% to 7.7646, while USD/PHP rose 0.13% to 51.400.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 93.45.