Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Property, Holding Firms and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite lost 1.42% to hit a new 6-months low.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Bank of the Philippine Islands (PS:BPI), which rose 4.81% or 5.00 points to trade at 109.00 at the close. Meanwhile, LT Group Inc (PS:LTG) added 1.33% or 0.240 points to end at 18.300 and Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co (PS:MBT) was up 1.27% or 1.05 points to 83.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Alliance Global Group Inc (PS:AGI), which fell 4.93% or 0.700 points to trade at 13.500 at the close. Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG) declined 4.89% or 0.220 points to end at 4.280 and JG Summit Holdings Inc (PS:JGS) was down 3.92% or 2.450 points to 60.000.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 169 to 60 and 30 ended unchanged.
Shares in JG Summit Holdings Inc (PS:JGS) fell to 52-week lows; down 3.92% or 2.450 to 60.000.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.07% or 0.90 to $1354.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.10% or 0.75 to hit $69.22 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.20% or 0.88 to trade at $74.36 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.07% to 8.2921, while USD/PHP rose 0.05% to 52.085.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 89.42.