Investing.com – Philippines equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Holding Firms, Mining & Oil and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite declined 1.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were LT Group Inc (PS:LTG), which rose 1.14% or 0.200 points to trade at 17.700 at the close. First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN) added 0.78% or 0.12 points to end at 15.52 and Globe Telecom Inc (PS:GLO) was up 0.76% or 15.00 points to 1985.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ayala Corp (PS:AC), which lost 4.40% or 44.00 points to trade at 955.00 in late trade. JG Summit Holdings Inc (PS:JGS) declined 4.11% or 2.200 points to end at 51.300 and Manila Electric Co (PS:MER) shed 3.53% or 12.80 points to 350.20.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.50% or 6.00 to $1200.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $65.44 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.21% or 0.15 to trade at $72.36 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.15% to 7.7957, while USD/PHP rose 0.02% to 53.334.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 95.45.