Investing.com – Philippines equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining & Oil, Industrials and Holding Firms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite gained 0.57%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Bloomberry Res (PS:BLOOM), which rose 7.97% or 0.680 points to trade at 9.210 at the close. Globe Telecom (PS:GLO) added 3.19% or 76.000 points to end at 2456.000 and Robinsons Land (PS:RLC) was up 2.35% or 0.650 points to 28.300 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Petron (PS:PCOR), which lost 1.91% or 0.160 points to trade at 8.150 in late trade. Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG) declined 1.84% or 0.090 points to end at 4.800 and Sm Prime Hldgs (PS:SMPH) shed 1.21% or 0.250 points to 20.300.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 134 to 47 and 18 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.19% or 2.20 to $1153.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.31% or 1.21 to hit $50.99 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 2.26% or 1.31 to trade at $56.84 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.12% to 7.2869, while USD/PHP rose 0.13% to 45.245.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.09% at 96.85.