Manila, Nov. 6 -- Both the Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) and the Philippine peso posted a downward close Friday, which an economist partly traced to a report of lower agricultural production and a higher unemployment rate as of September.

The local bourse's main index fell 0.28 percent to 5,761.95 points, and the All Shares fell 0.35 percent to 3,218.31 points.

Only the Financials index gained during the day, up by 1.24 percent.

Services, meanwhile, posted the biggest drop, down 1.39 percent.

Mining and Oil trailed, down 0.98 percent; Industrial, 0.42 percent; Property, 0.38 percent; and Holding Firms, 0.29 percent.

Volume reached 815.4 million shares, amounting to PHP6.36 billion.

Decliners led advancers at 96 to 69, whil...