Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Holding Firms, Services and Property sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite rose 1.47% to hit a new 6-months high.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Aboitiz Power Corp (PS:AP), which rose 3.49% or 1.45 points to trade at 43.00 at the close. Meanwhile, DMCI Holdings Inc (PS:DMC) added 3.17% or 0.400 points to end at 13.000 and Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc (PS:AEV) was up 3.05% or 2.300 points to 77.650 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN), which fell 1.36% or 0.30 points to trade at 21.70 at the close. Emperador Inc (PS:EMP) declined 0.78% or 0.050 points to end at 6.400 and San Miguel Corp (PS:SMC) was down 0.45% or 0.50 points to 109.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 112 to 73 and 58 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.45% or 5.81 to $1271.69 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.16% or 0.08 to hit $49.31 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.17% or 0.09 to trade at $52.22 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.14% to 7.2187, while USD/PHP fell 0.23% to 49.705.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 98.88.