Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Property, Holding Firms and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite fell 2.17%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Jollibee Foods Corp (PS:JFC), which rose 1.12% or 3.00 points to trade at 270.00 at the close. Meanwhile, LT Group Inc (PS:LTG) added 1.04% or 0.180 points to end at 17.460 and Energy Development Corp (PS:EDC) was up 0.14% or 0.010 points to 7.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were JG Summit Holdings Inc (PS:JGS), which fell 6.84% or 4.000 points to trade at 54.500 at the close. DMCI Holdings Inc (PS:DMC) declined 3.72% or 0.460 points to end at 11.920 and Manila Electric Co (PS:MER) was down 3.48% or 12.80 points to 355.40.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 139 to 57 and 39 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.56% or 6.80 to $1212.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.27% or 0.18 to hit $67.45 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.27% or 0.20 to trade at $72.61 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.30% to 7.7495, while USD/PHP rose 0.14% to 53.300.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 96.31.