Manila, March 27 -- Philippine stocks and the peso ended in negative territory on Friday after the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) raised its inflation outlook beyond the target range for next year.

The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) slipped 0.19 percent to 5,972.82, while the broader All Shares index inched up 0.05 percent to 3,335.86.

Sectoral performance was mixed. Holding Firms rose 0.68 percent and Property gained 0.04 percent. Decliners were led by Mining and Oil, down 0.72 percent, followed by Financials, 0.55 percent; Services, 0.49 percent; and Industrial, 0.13 percent.

Trading volume reached 2.47 billion shares valued at PHP8.95 billion. Advancers narrowly beat decliners, 92 to 91, while 54 issues were unchanged.

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