Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Holding Firms, Banking & Financials and Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite gained 1.18%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were LT Group Inc (PS:LTG), which rose 4.86% or 0.760 points to trade at 16.400 at the close. Meanwhile, SM Investments Corp (PS:SM) added 3.26% or 21.50 points to end at 680.50 and Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co (PS:MBT) was up 3.13% or 2.35 points to 77.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Alliance Global Group Inc (PS:AGI), which fell 1.24% or 0.160 points to trade at 12.700 at the close. International Container Terminal Services Inc (PS:ICT) declined 1.15% or 1.000 points to end at 86.000 and First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN) was down 1.13% or 0.25 points to 21.95.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 101 to 77 and 50 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.17% or 2.15 to $1253.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.82% or 0.39 to hit $48.12 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.67% or 0.34 to trade at $51.24 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.10% to 7.2855, while USD/PHP rose 0.06% to 50.159.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 99.10.