Investing.com – Philippines equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Property, Mining & Oil and Banking & Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite rose 0.23% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Metro Pacific Investments Corp (PS:MPI), which rose 3.58% or 0.240 points to trade at 6.950 at the close. GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP) added 2.73% or 33.00 points to end at 1240.00 and SM Prime Holdings Inc (PS:SMPH) was up 1.65% or 0.550 points to 33.950 in late trade.
Biggest losers included LT Group Inc (PS:LTG), which lost 4.78% or 0.860 points to trade at 17.140 in late trade. PLDT Inc (PS:TEL) declined 3.48% or 60.00 points to end at 1665.00 and Emperador Inc (PS:EMP) shed 1.38% or 0.110 points to 7.840.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 105 to 94 and 56 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.16% or 2.02 to $1235.72 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.20% or 0.09 to hit $46.11 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.21% or 0.10 to trade at $48.52 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.15% to 7.5041, while USD/PHP rose 0.02% to 50.702.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 94.61.