Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Property, Holding Firms and Mining & Oil sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite declined 1.01%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were BDO Unibank Inc (PS:BDO), which rose 1.79% or 2.60 points to trade at 147.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Energy Development Corp (PS:EDC) added 0.35% or 0.020 points to end at 5.750 and DMCI Holdings Inc (PS:DMC) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 points to 15.500 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN), which fell 3.68% or 0.68 points to trade at 17.82 at the close. SM Prime Holdings Inc (PS:SMPH) declined 3.56% or 1.350 points to end at 36.600 and Petron Corp (PS:PCOR) was down 2.94% or 0.300 points to 9.900.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 133 to 73 and 45 ended unchanged.
Shares in BDO Unibank Inc (PS:BDO) rose to all time highs; rising 1.79% or 2.60 to 147.60.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.23% or 2.96 to $1284.54 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $57.16 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.13% or 0.08 to trade at $64.01 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.15% to 7.7103, while USD/PHP fell 0.13% to 51.194.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 94.45.