Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Holding Firms, Banking & Financials and Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite lost 0.23%.
The best performers 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. Meanwhile, 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.
The worst performers of the session were Dmci Holdings (PS:DMC), which fell 7.31% or 1.140 points to trade at 14.460 at the close. Lt Group (PS:LTG) declined 4.59% or 0.720 points to end at 14.980 and First Gen (PS:FGEN) was down 2.46% or 0.70 points to 27.80.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 103 to 86 and 18 ended unchanged.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.08% or 0.90 to $1194.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, 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.