Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining & Oil, Banking & Financials and Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite added 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Bloomberry Resorts Corp (PS:BLOOM), which rose 6.69% or 0.420 points to trade at 6.700 at the close. Meanwhile, Semirara Mining Corp (PS:SCC) added 5.98% or 6.1000 points to end at 108.1000 and International Container Terminal Services Inc (PS:ICT) was up 5.26% or 4.050 points to 81.100 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Universal Robina Corp (PS:URC), which fell 3.92% or 7.500 points to trade at 184.000 at the close. GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP) declined 2.60% or 40.000 points to end at 1500.000 and Robinsons Land Corp (PS:RLC) was down 1.69% or 0.550 points to 31.950.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 100 to 74 and 59 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.58% or 7.75 to $1355.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.46% or 0.21 to hit $45.95 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.33% or 0.16 to trade at $48.51 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.04% to 6.9795, while USD/PHP fell 0.49% to 46.230.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.73% at 94.88.