Investing.com – Philippines equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Holding Firms, Banking & Financials and Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite lost 0.55%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were International Container Terminal Services Inc (PS:ICT), which rose 1.96% or 2.000 points to trade at 104.000 at the close. Emperador Inc (PS:EMP) added 1.75% or 0.120 points to end at 6.960 and Universal Robina Corp (PS:URC) was up 1.63% or 2.60 points to 162.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Petron Corp (PS:PCOR), which lost 4.12% or 0.440 points to trade at 10.240 in late trade. Globe Telecom Inc (PS:GLO) declined 3.41% or 76.00 points to end at 2152.00 and DMCI Holdings Inc (PS:DMC) shed 2.74% or 0.400 points to 14.200.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 96 to 91 and 50 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.38% or 4.97 to $1288.23 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.72% or 0.33 to hit $46.05 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.75% or 0.36 to trade at $48.42 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.10% to 7.2863, while USD/PHP rose 0.05% to 49.514.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 96.73.