Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Holding Firms, Mining & Oil and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite declined 1.09%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were LT Group Inc (PS:LTG), which rose 1.14% or 0.200 points to trade at 17.700 at the close. Meanwhile, First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN) added 0.78% or 0.12 points to end at 15.52 and Globe Telecom Inc (PS:GLO) was up 0.76% or 15.00 points to 1985.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ayala Corp (PS:AC), which fell 4.40% or 44.00 points to trade at 955.00 at the close. JG Summit Holdings Inc (PS:JGS) declined 4.11% or 2.200 points to end at 51.300 and Manila Electric Co (PS:MER) was down 3.53% or 12.80 points to 350.20.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 114 to 83 and 40 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.95% or 11.20 to $1195.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.21% or 0.14 to hit $65.35 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.67% or 0.48 to trade at $72.31 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.46% to 7.7866, while USD/PHP rose 0.07% to 53.350.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 96.16.