The Philippines’ main stock index ended lower while the peso ended flat against the US dollar on Friday.

The peso ended at P50.66 from Thursday’s P 50.651. Volume at the foreign exchange portal of the Bankers Association of the Philippines reached $1.152 billion from $1.582 billion on the previous day.

The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) index settled at 7,776.77 points, down 20.87 points. In the broader market, there were 101 gainers, 89 losers and 47 unchanged.

Volume reached 1.11 billion shares worth P6.8 billion from Thursday’s 843.96 million valued at P5.56 billion.

Most active shares were led by SM Investment Corp., up P7.00 to P1,079; SM Prime, unchanged at P42; Ayala Land, down 65 centavos to P44.35 and GT Capital, down P24 to P795. DMS