Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Property, Holding Firms and Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite lost 1.20%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP), which rose 4.92% or 68.00 points to trade at 1450.00 at the close. Meanwhile, San Miguel Corp (PS:SMC) added 3.13% or 4.00 points to end at 132.00 and Petron Corp (PS:PCOR) was up 0.98% or 0.090 points to 9.300 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PLDT Inc (PS:TEL), which fell 3.45% or 50.00 points to trade at 1400.00 at the close. Metro Pacific Investments Corp (PS:MPI) declined 3.22% or 0.220 points to end at 6.610 and Ayala Land Inc (PS:ALI) was down 2.85% or 1.300 points to 44.350.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 120 to 89 and 53 ended unchanged.
Shares in GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP) rose to 52-week highs; up 4.92% or 68.00 to 1450.00. Shares in PLDT Inc (PS:TEL) fell to 52-week lows; down 3.45% or 50.00 to 1400.00. Shares in San Miguel Corp (PS:SMC) rose to 5-year highs; rising 3.13% or 4.00 to 132.00.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.14% or 1.90 to $1317.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $63.58 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.07% or 0.05 to trade at $69.15 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.21% to 7.7414, while USD/PHP rose 0.02% to 50.396.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 92.27.