Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Services, Mining & Oil and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite fell 0.40%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc (PS:AEV), which rose 2.44% or 1.900 points to trade at 79.800 at the close. Meanwhile, BDO Unibank Inc (PS:BDO) added 2.01% or 2.30 points to end at 117.00 and Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co (PS:MBT) was up 1.31% or 1.25 points to 96.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PS:TEL), which fell 8.15% or 174.00 points to trade at 1962.00 at the close. Petron Corp (PS:PCOR) declined 3.54% or 0.380 points to end at 10.340 and First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN) was down 1.36% or 0.35 points to 25.40.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 101 to 97 and 43 ended unchanged.
Shares in BDO Unibank Inc (PS:BDO) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.01% or 2.30 to 117.00.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.48% or 6.50 to $1366.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.37% or 0.15 to hit $39.91 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.28% or 0.12 to trade at $42.02 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.03% to 7.0816, while USD/PHP rose 0.14% to 47.013.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.36% at 95.41.