Investing.com – Philippines equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Services, Industrials and Holding Firms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite fell 0.73%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Sm Prime Hldgs (PS:SMPH), which rose 1.53% or 0.300 points to trade at 19.900 at the close. Ayala Land (PS:ALI) added 1.00% or 0.400 points to end at 40.400 and Metro Pacifi I (PS:MPI) was up 0.88% or 0.040 points to 4.600 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alliance Globa (PS:AGI), which lost 2.39% or 0.600 points to trade at 24.500 in late trade. Universal Robi (PS:URC) declined 2.29% or 5.000 points to end at 213.000 and Gt Capital Hol (PS:GTCAP) shed 1.89% or 25.000 points to 1295.000.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 135 to 62 and 17 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.72% or 8.60 to $1181.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.40% or 0.24 to hit $61.17 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.78% or 0.53 to trade at $68.30 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.35% to 7.2068, while USD/PHP rose 0.49% to 44.740.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.06% at 94.25.