Investing.com – Philippines equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining & Oil, Industrials and Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite gained 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Jollibee Foods Corp (PS:JFC), which rose 5.23% or 13.80 points to trade at 277.60 at the close. Semirara Mining Corp (PS:SCC) added 3.77% or 1.40 points to end at 38.50 and Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG) was up 2.46% or 0.120 points to 5.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ayala Corp (PS:AC), which lost 3.04% or 33.00 points to trade at 1052.00 in late trade. International Container Terminal Services Inc (PS:ICT) declined 2.50% or 2.800 points to end at 109.200 and JG Summit Holdings Inc (PS:JGS) shed 2.31% or 1.800 points to 76.200.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 108 to 102 and 60 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.31% or 4.10 to $1339.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.12% or 0.08 to hit $64.38 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.61% or 0.43 to trade at $69.83 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.25% to 7.8435, while USD/PHP rose 0.27% to 50.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 90.33.