Investing.com – Philippines equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Property, Banking & Financials and Holding Firms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite fell 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP), which rose 3.59% or 44.00 points to trade at 1269.00 at the close. Robinsons Land Corp (PS:RLC) added 2.58% or 0.650 points to end at 25.850 and Universal Robina Corp (PS:URC) was up 2.50% or 4.20 points to 172.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN), which lost 2.50% or 0.55 points to trade at 21.45 in late trade. SM Prime Holdings Inc (PS:SMPH) declined 2.48% or 0.750 points to end at 29.500 and Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG) shed 1.98% or 0.080 points to 3.960.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 117 to 87 and 48 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.39% or 4.85 to $1258.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.26% or 0.14 to hit $52.94 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.27% or 0.15 to trade at $55.83 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.06% to 7.1803, while USD/PHP fell 0.26% to 49.581.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 100.88.