Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Holding Firms, Banking & Financials and Mining & Oil sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite declined 0.86%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Universal Robina Corp (PS:URC), which rose 2.19% or 3.00 points to trade at 140.00 at the close. Meanwhile, First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN) added 2.01% or 0.34 points to end at 17.22 and Ayala Land Inc (PS:ALI) was up 1.74% or 0.750 points to 43.900 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ayala Corp (PS:AC), which fell 4.95% or 53.00 points to trade at 1017.00 at the close. Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co (PS:MBT) declined 3.29% or 3.05 points to end at 89.70 and SM Investments Corp (PS:SM) was down 3.01% or 29.50 points to 950.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 110 to 90 and 38 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.29% or 3.74 to $1276.76 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.54% or 0.28 to hit $52.12 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $57.74 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.24% to 7.7624, while USD/PHP rose 0.03% to 51.525.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 93.81.