Investing.com – Philippines equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Holding Firms, Property and Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite declined 0.86%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were LT Group Inc (PS:LTG), which rose 1.98% or 0.340 points to trade at 17.500 at the close. Semirara Mining Corp (PS:SCC) added 1.79% or 2.90 points to end at 165.20 and International Container Terminal Services Inc (PS:ICT) was up 1.14% or 1.200 points to 106.200 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc (PS:AEV), which lost 2.94% or 2.200 points to trade at 72.700 in late trade. SM Prime Holdings Inc (PS:SMPH) declined 2.75% or 0.950 points to end at 33.550 and Metro Pacific Investments Corp (PS:MPI) shed 2.63% or 0.180 points to 6.670.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 131 to 63 and 65 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.38% or 4.68 to $1237.32 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $47.34 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.06% or 0.03 to trade at $49.73 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.37% to 7.5161, while USD/PHP fell 0.14% to 50.870.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 94.80.