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 1.31%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Sm Prime Hldgs (PS:SMPH), which rose 4.74% or 0.900 points to trade at 19.900 at the close. Meanwhile, Gt Capital Hol (PS:GTCAP) added 3.30% or 42.000 points to end at 1315.000 and First Gen (PS:FGEN) was up 2.68% or 0.75 points to 28.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Robinsons Land (PS:RLC), which fell 1.84% or 0.550 points to trade at 29.350 at the close. San Miguel Cor (PS:SMC) declined 0.81% or 0.550 points to end at 67.400 and Philex Mining (PS:PX) was down 0.28% or 0.020 points to 7.150.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 111 to 88 and 19 ended unchanged.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.08% or 1.00 to $1187.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.59% or 0.34 to hit $59.27 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.48% or 0.32 to trade at $66.77 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.10% to 7.1907, while USD/PHP rose 0.04% to 44.620.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.49% at 96.06.