Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Property, Banking & Financials and Mining & Oil sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite fell 0.39%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc (PS:AEV), which rose 1.92% or 1.400 points to trade at 74.300 at the close. Meanwhile, GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP) added 1.56% or 18.00 points to end at 1170.00 and PLDT Inc (PS:TEL) was up 1.19% or 18.00 points to 1530.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Metro Pacific Investments Corp (PS:MPI), which fell 2.46% or 0.160 points to trade at 6.340 at the close. Bank of the Philippine Islands (PS:BPI) declined 2.34% or 2.40 points to end at 100.00 and Ayala Land Inc (PS:ALI) was down 1.64% or 0.600 points to 35.950.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 110 to 64 and 60 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.26% or 3.25 to $1233.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.47% or 0.23 to hit $49.08 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.27% or 0.14 to trade at $51.62 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.25% to 7.2523, while USD/PHP fell 0.25% to 50.080.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 99.98.