Investing.com – Philippines equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining & Oil, Property and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite gained 0.55%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were SM Prime Holdings Inc (PS:SMPH), which rose 3.02% or 0.900 points to trade at 30.700 at the close. Jollibee Foods Corp (PS:JFC) added 2.76% or 5.80 points to end at 215.80 and International Container Terminal Services Inc (PS:ICT) was up 2.62% or 2.270 points to 88.800 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alliance Global Group Inc (PS:AGI), which lost 3.24% or 0.480 points to trade at 14.320 in late trade. PLDT Inc (PS:TEL) declined 1.69% or 30.00 points to end at 1740.00 and Globe Telecom Inc (PS:GLO) shed 1.54% or 32.00 points to 2046.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 120 to 82 and 40 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.08% or 0.97 to $1256.47 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.43% or 0.21 to hit $49.05 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.62% or 0.32 to trade at $51.84 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.17% to 7.2601, while USD/PHP rose 0.14% to 50.035.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 98.92.