Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Property, Services and Banking & Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite lost 0.42% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Semirara Minin (PS:SCC), which rose 1.65% or 2.1000 points to trade at 129.5000 at the close. Meanwhile, Sm Investment (PS:SM) added 1.64% or 15.000 points to end at 929.000 and Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG) was up 0.88% or 0.040 points to 4.600 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bloomberry Res (PS:BLOOM), which fell 6.77% or 0.540 points to trade at 7.400 at the close. Dmci Holdings (PS:DMC) declined 4.27% or 0.540 points to end at 12.000 and Sm Prime Hldgs (PS:SMPH) was down 3.82% or 0.800 points to 19.980.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 105 to 77 and 20 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bloomberry Res (PS:BLOOM) fell to 3-years lows; falling 6.77% or 0.540 to 7.400.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.06% or 0.70 to $1116.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.65% or 0.28 to hit $41.95 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.51% or 0.26 to trade at $49.38 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.48% to 7.2535, while USD/PHP rose 0.35% to 46.357.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.11% at 96.47.