Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking & Financials, Industrials and Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite added 0.65%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Aboitiz Power Corp (PS:AP), which rose 3.60% or 1.25 points to trade at 36.00 at the close. Meanwhile, GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP) added 3.02% or 27.00 points to end at 920.00 and Bank of the Philippine Islands (PS:BPI) was up 2.25% or 2.00 points to 91.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ayala Land Inc (PS:ALI), which fell 1.22% or 0.450 points to trade at 36.550 at the close. SM Investments Corp (PS:SM) declined 1.12% or 10.00 points to end at 880.00 and San Miguel Corp (PS:SMC) was down 0.87% or 1.20 points to 136.80.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 113 to 71 and 53 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.28% or 3.50 to $1256.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.58% or 0.43 to hit $74.28 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.05% or 0.82 to trade at $78.89 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.11% to 8.0772, while USD/PHP rose 0.18% to 53.508.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 93.91.