Investing.com – Philippines equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Industrials, Banking & Financials and Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite lost 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN), which rose 2.70% or 0.60 points to trade at 22.80 at the close. SM Prime Holdings Inc (PS:SMPH) added 2.52% or 0.750 points to end at 30.550 and JG Summit Holdings Inc (PS:JGS) was up 1.20% or 0.900 points to 75.950 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Emperador Inc (PS:EMP), which lost 3.38% or 0.250 points to trade at 7.150 in late trade. International Container Terminal Services Inc (PS:ICT) declined 2.86% or 2.150 points to end at 73.000 and Alliance Global Group Inc (PS:AGI) shed 1.67% or 0.220 points to 12.980.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 94 to 92 and 48 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.58% or 6.95 to $1203.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.15% or 0.08 to hit $52.29 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.13% or 0.07 to trade at $55.38 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.74% to 7.2466, while USD/PHP rose 0.67% to 49.970.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.39% at 101.56.