Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Property, Banking & Financials and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite lost 0.95%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Ayala Corp (PS:AC), which rose 1.43% or 13.00 points to trade at 919.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Semirara Mining Corp (PS:SCC) added 1.09% or 0.35 points to end at 32.35 and PLDT Inc (PS:TEL) was up 0.88% or 13.00 points to 1487.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Universal Robina Corp (PS:URC), which fell 4.67% or 7.00 points to trade at 143.00 at the close. BDO Unibank Inc (PS:BDO) declined 3.03% or 4.20 points to end at 134.60 and JG Summit Holdings Inc (PS:JGS) was down 2.43% or 1.550 points to 62.300.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 129 to 80 and 40 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.04% or 0.50 to $1328.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.36% or 0.23 to hit $63.31 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.32% or 0.22 to trade at $68.11 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.01% to 8.2528, while USD/PHP rose 0.08% to 52.070.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 90.17.