Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Holding Firms, Mining & Oil and Property sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite declined 0.85%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were DMCI Holdings Inc (PS:DMC), which rose 1.45% or 0.160 points to trade at 11.160 at the close. Meanwhile, Globe Telecom Inc (PS:GLO) added 0.58% or 10.00 points to end at 1745.00 and Manila Electric Co (PS:MER) was up 0.56% or 2.00 points to 358.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP), which fell 4.13% or 40.00 points to trade at 929.00 at the close. Metro Pacific Investments Corp (PS:MPI) declined 3.48% or 0.160 points to end at 4.440 and Ayala Corp (PS:AC) was down 2.96% or 29.00 points to 950.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 115 to 72 and 46 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.86% or 10.50 to $1217.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.81% or 0.55 to hit $67.20 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.82% or 0.60 to trade at $72.30 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.82% to 7.9018, while USD/PHP rose 0.12% to 53.562.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 95.19.