Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining & Oil, Holding Firms and Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite gained 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Philex Mining (PS:PX), which rose 6.73% or 0.410 points to trade at 6.500 at the close. Meanwhile, Petron (PS:PCOR) added 3.00% or 0.300 points to end at 10.300 and Sm Investment (PS:SM) was up 2.83% or 25.500 points to 927.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lt Group (PS:LTG), which fell 2.01% or 0.320 points to trade at 15.580 at the close. First Gen (PS:FGEN) declined 1.60% or 0.32 points to end at 19.68 and Dmci Holdings (PS:DMC) was down 1.22% or 0.160 points to 12.980.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 89 to 80 and 37 ended unchanged.
Gold for April delivery was up 0.89% or 11.30 to $1275.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.71% or 0.27 to hit $37.63 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.76% or 0.31 to trade at $40.53 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.04% to 7.2025, while USD/PHP fell 0.15% to 46.850.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.09% at 97.03.