Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Industrials, Services and Holding Firms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite fell 1.12%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were JG Summit Holdings Inc (PS:JGS), which rose 3.19% or 1.450 points to trade at 46.950 at the close. Meanwhile, Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG) added 1.69% or 0.070 points to end at 4.200 and Security Bank Corp (PS:SECB) was up 1.56% or 2.20 points to 143.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Jollibee Foods Corp (PS:JFC), which fell 4.58% or 12.00 points to trade at 250.00 at the close. Globe Telecom Inc (PS:GLO) declined 4.29% or 90.00 points to end at 2010.00 and Robinsons Retail Holdings Inc (PS:RRHI) was down 3.75% or 3.000 points to 77.000.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 106 to 84 and 40 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.86% or 10.50 to $1232.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.42% or 0.30 to hit $71.64 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.67% or 0.54 to trade at $80.97 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.18% to 7.8124, while USD/PHP fell 0.11% to 54.115.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 94.91.