Investing.com – Philippines equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Property, Holding Firms and Mining & Oil sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite rose 0.97%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were SM Prime Holdings Inc (PS:SMPH), which rose 3.29% or 1.150 points to trade at 36.150 at the close. Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc (PS:AEV) added 2.71% or 1.950 points to end at 73.950 and Robinsons Land Corp (PS:RLC) was up 2.70% or 0.550 points to 20.950 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jollibee Foods Corp (PS:JFC), which lost 2.12% or 6.00 points to trade at 277.00 in late trade. San Miguel Corp (PS:SMC) declined 2.07% or 3.00 points to end at 142.00 and Emperador Inc (PS:EMP) shed 1.83% or 0.140 points to 7.510.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 109 to 96 and 48 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.41% or 5.40 to $1331.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.57% or 0.34 to hit $59.63 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.67% or 0.42 to trade at $63.01 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.01% to 8.1955, while USD/PHP rose 0.06% to 51.998.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 89.65.