Investing.com – Philippines equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining & Oil, Holding Firms and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite rose 0.60%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Manila Electric Co (PS:MER), which rose 5.30% or 16.20 points to trade at 322.00 at the close. Semirara Mining Corp (PS:SCC) added 4.31% or 1.60 points to end at 38.70 and JG Summit Holdings Inc (PS:JGS) was up 3.94% or 2.900 points to 76.500 in late trade.
Biggest losers included First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN), which lost 2.25% or 0.40 points to trade at 17.40 in late trade. San Miguel Corp (PS:SMC) declined 1.99% or 2.30 points to end at 113.10 and BDO Unibank Inc (PS:BDO) shed 1.66% or 2.40 points to 142.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 111 to 76 and 50 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.50% or 6.34 to $1272.56 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.30% or 0.17 to hit $56.59 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.35% or 0.22 to trade at $62.94 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.22% to 7.7171, while USD/PHP rose 0.11% to 51.260.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 94.32.