Investing.com – Philippines equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Property, Holding Firms and Banking & Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite added 0.68%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Bloomberry Resorts Corp (PS:BLOOM), which rose 2.44% or 0.100 points to trade at 4.190 at the close. SM Investments Corp (PS:SM) added 2.30% or 22.000 points to end at 979.000 and Ayala Land Inc (PS:ALI) was up 2.29% or 0.800 points to 35.800 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Philex Mining Corp (PS:PX), which lost 3.36% or 0.250 points to trade at 7.200 in late trade. International Container Terminal Services Inc (PS:ICT) declined 1.29% or 0.800 points to end at 61.000 and San Miguel Corp (PS:SMC) shed 1.03% or 0.750 points to 72.250.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 101 to 75 and 51 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.60% or 7.55 to $1243.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.73% or 0.35 to hit $47.73 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.91% or 0.44 to trade at $47.91 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.42% to 7.1538, while USD/PHP rose 0.43% to 46.905.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.28% at 95.50.