Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Property, Mining & Oil and Holding Firms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite added 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Ayala Land Inc (PS:ALI), which rose 3.87% or 1.450 points to trade at 38.900 at the close. Meanwhile, Petron Corp (PS:PCOR) added 3.20% or 0.320 points to end at 10.320 and Alliance Global Group Inc (PS:AGI) was up 3.13% or 0.460 points to 15.160 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were JG Summit Holdings Inc (PS:JGS), which fell 2.88% or 2.450 points to trade at 82.500 at the close. PLDT Inc (PS:TEL) declined 2.86% or 48.00 points to end at 1631.00 and Energy Development Corp (PS:EDC) was down 1.34% or 0.080 points to 5.910.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 104 to 93 and 49 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.30% or 3.68 to $1233.68 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.76% or 0.37 to hit $49.22 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.81% or 0.42 to trade at $52.24 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.08% to 7.2153, while USD/PHP fell 0.02% to 49.691.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.43% at 98.39.