Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Mining & Oil, Property and Holding Firms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite declined 1.47%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN), which rose 2.94% or 0.50 points to trade at 17.52 at the close. Meanwhile, Security Bank Corp (PS:SECB) added 1.43% or 3.60 points to end at 255.00 and BDO Unibank Inc (PS:BDO) was up 1.29% or 2.00 points to 157.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Semirara Mining Corp (PS:SCC), which fell 5.14% or 1.90 points to trade at 35.10 at the close. SM Prime Holdings Inc (PS:SMPH) declined 4.76% or 1.800 points to end at 36.000 and Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc (PS:AEV) was down 3.85% or 2.700 points to 67.500.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 123 to 80 and 37 ended unchanged.
Shares in BDO Unibank Inc (PS:BDO) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.29% or 2.00 to 157.00.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.14% or 1.80 to $1258.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.65% or 0.37 to hit $57.41 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.55% or 0.35 to trade at $63.66 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.01% to 7.6366, while USD/PHP rose 0.10% to 50.475.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 93.54.