Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Property, Holding Firms and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite gained 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Alliance Global Group Inc (PS:AGI), which rose 3.55% or 0.500 points to trade at 14.600 at the close. Meanwhile, First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN) added 2.61% or 0.55 points to end at 21.60 and LT Group Inc (PS:LTG) was up 2.53% or 0.380 points to 15.400 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co (PS:MBT), which fell 1.75% or 1.45 points to trade at 81.50 at the close. International Container Terminal Services Inc (PS:ICT) declined 1.50% or 1.350 points to end at 88.500 and Robinsons Land Corp (PS:RLC) was down 1.38% or 0.350 points to 25.000.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 103 to 87 and 50 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.46% or 5.90 to $1286.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.55% or 0.29 to hit $52.36 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.56% or 0.31 to trade at $55.05 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.29% to 7.2079, while USD/PHP rose 0.16% to 49.630.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 100.17.