Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Property, Banking & Financials and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite lost 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN), which rose 3.62% or 0.80 points to trade at 22.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Ayala Corp (PS:AC) added 2.71% or 22.000 points to end at 834.000 and Globe Telecom Inc (PS:GLO) was up 2.29% or 40.000 points to 1790.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Metro Pacific Investments Corp (PS:MPI), which fell 2.13% or 0.150 points to trade at 6.900 at the close. Ayala Land Inc (PS:ALI) declined 1.51% or 0.550 points to end at 35.950 and JG Summit Holdings Inc (PS:JGS) was down 1.16% or 0.900 points to 77.000.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 96 to 86 and 49 ended unchanged.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.25% or 3.05 to $1212.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.72% or 0.38 to hit $53.13 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.71% or 0.39 to trade at $55.62 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.09% to 7.2682, while USD/PHP fell 0.03% to 49.845.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.28% at 100.23.