Investing.com – Philippines equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Holding Firms, Banking & Financials and Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite fell 0.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Philex Mining (PS:PX), which rose 3.28% or 0.210 points to trade at 6.620 at the close. Alliance Globa (PS:AGI) added 2.07% or 0.500 points to end at 24.650 and Jollibee Foods (PS:JFC) was up 1.89% or 4.000 points to 216.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dmci Holdings (PS:DMC), which lost 7.31% or 1.140 points to trade at 14.460 in late trade. Lt Group (PS:LTG) declined 4.59% or 0.720 points to end at 14.980 and First Gen (PS:FGEN) shed 2.46% or 0.70 points to 27.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 103 to 86 and 18 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.08% or 0.90 to $1194.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.84% or 0.48 to hit $57.40 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.89% or 0.56 to trade at $62.88 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.04% to 7.1309, while USD/PHP rose 0.03% to 44.220.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.41% at 98.56.