Investing.com – Philippines equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Mining & Oil, Banking & Financials and Holding Firms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite declined 0.05% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Semirara Minin (PS:SCC), which rose 2.23% or 2.7000 points to trade at 123.5000 at the close. Bloomberry Res (PS:BLOOM) added 2.15% or 0.150 points to end at 7.190 and Phi Long Dis T (PS:TEL) was up 1.11% or 30.00 points to 2740.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Philex Mining (PS:PX), which lost 4.57% or 0.230 points to trade at 4.760 in late trade. Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG) declined 4.23% or 0.190 points to end at 4.280 and Intl Container (PS:ICT) shed 3.24% or 3.400 points to 102.000.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 112 to 63 and 22 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.03% or 0.30 to $1118.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.93% or 0.40 to hit $42.02 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.77% or 0.38 to trade at $48.37 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.01% to 7.2441, while USD/PHP fell 0.01% to 46.315.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.02% at 96.81.