Investing.com – Philippines equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrials, Banking & Financials and Holding Firms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite fell 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP), which rose 3.25% or 40.000 points to trade at 1270.000 at the close. Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG) added 2.59% or 0.090 points to end at 3.570 and Metro Pacific Investments Corp (PS:MPI) was up 2.46% or 0.160 points to 6.660 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aboitiz Power Corp (PS:AP), which lost 4.14% or 1.80 points to trade at 41.70 in late trade. San Miguel Corp (PS:SMC) declined 3.60% or 3.450 points to end at 92.300 and Emperador Inc (PS:EMP) shed 3.31% or 0.240 points to 7.000.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 115 to 73 and 51 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.78% or 8.85 to $1149.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.07% or 0.04 to hit $54.02 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.40% or 0.23 to trade at $57.19 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.02% to 7.1472, while USD/PHP fell 0.24% to 49.705.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.30% at 102.93.