Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Property, Industrials and Mining & Oil sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite fell 2.21% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Bank of the Philippine Islands (PS:BPI), which rose 1.50% or 1.80 points to trade at 121.80 at the close. Meanwhile, First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 16.00 and Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc (PS:AEV) was down 0.40% or 0.300 points to 75.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Metro Pacific Investments Corp (PS:MPI), which fell 5.11% or 0.330 points to trade at 6.130 at the close. DMCI Holdings Inc (PS:DMC) declined 4.95% or 0.720 points to end at 13.840 and SM Prime Holdings Inc (PS:SMPH) was down 4.60% or 1.700 points to 35.250.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 169 to 33 and 38 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.01% or 0.10 to $1337.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.15% or 0.75 to hit $64.70 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.18% or 0.81 to trade at $67.77 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.19% to 8.1776, while USD/PHP fell 0.34% to 51.472.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 89.00.