Investing.com – Philippines equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Holding Firms, Industrials and Mining & Oil sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite declined 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were San Miguel Corp (PS:SMC), which rose 7.49% or 8.00 points to trade at 114.80 at the close. Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co (PS:MBT) added 3.24% or 2.95 points to end at 94.00 and Robinsons Land Corp (PS:RLC) was up 2.19% or 0.550 points to 25.700 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Universal Robina Corp (PS:URC), which lost 4.12% or 6.00 points to trade at 139.50 in late trade. SM Investments Corp (PS:SM) declined 2.30% or 23.00 points to end at 975.00 and Alliance Global Group Inc (PS:AGI) shed 0.87% or 0.140 points to 15.960.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 103 to 87 and 54 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.30% or 3.81 to $1277.79 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.49% or 0.28 to hit $57.63 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.48% or 0.31 to trade at $64.58 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.63% to 7.7548, while USD/PHP rose 0.23% to 51.400.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 94.90.