Investing.com – Philippines equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Property, Industrials and Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite declined 0.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were LT Group Inc (PS:LTG), which rose 3.72% or 0.560 points to trade at 15.620 at the close. Semirara Mining Corp (PS:SCC) added 2.69% or 3.3000 points to end at 126.0000 and Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG) was up 2.66% or 0.110 points to 4.250 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Manila Electric Co (PS:MER), which lost 2.48% or 7.200 points to trade at 283.200 in late trade. SM Prime Holdings Inc (PS:SMPH) declined 2.43% or 0.650 points to end at 26.100 and Universal Robina Corp (PS:URC) shed 1.96% or 3.500 points to 175.500.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 93 to 85 and 48 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.19% or 2.35 to $1253.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.08% or 0.04 to hit $50.31 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.06% or 0.03 to trade at $51.98 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.10% to 7.2054, while USD/PHP rose 0.26% to 48.560.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.03% at 98.05.