Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Services, Property and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite fell 0.55%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Alliance Global Group Inc (PS:AGI), which rose 4.11% or 0.580 points to trade at 14.700 at the close. Meanwhile, Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co (PS:MBT) added 2.42% or 2.10 points to end at 89.00 and JG Summit Holdings Inc (PS:JGS) was up 2.10% or 1.750 points to 84.950 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PLDT Inc (PS:TEL), which fell 4.33% or 76.00 points to trade at 1679.00 at the close. Ayala Land Inc (PS:ALI) declined 3.97% or 1.550 points to end at 37.450 and First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN) was down 3.61% or 0.75 points to 20.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 110 to 86 and 51 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.15% or 1.84 to $1229.54 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 2.57% or 1.23 to hit $49.07 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 2.50% or 1.27 to trade at $52.11 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.03% to 7.2027, while USD/PHP fell 0.00% to 49.674.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 98.95.