Investing.com – Philippines equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Property, Mining & Oil and Banking & Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite fell 0.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG), which rose 2.22% or 0.100 points to trade at 4.600 at the close. LT Group Inc (PS:LTG) added 2.17% or 0.320 points to end at 15.100 and Emperador Inc (PS:EMP) was up 1.85% or 0.140 points to 7.720 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aboitiz Power Corp (PS:AP), which lost 2.63% or 1.05 points to trade at 38.90 in late trade. Robinsons Land Corp (PS:RLC) declined 1.63% or 0.400 points to end at 24.200 and JG Summit Holdings Inc (PS:JGS) shed 1.53% or 1.250 points to 80.250.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 110 to 93 and 41 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.58% or 7.09 to $1226.29 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.40% or 0.19 to hit $46.88 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.46% or 0.23 to trade at $49.45 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.11% to 7.4252, while USD/PHP fell 0.13% to 50.490.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 96.00.