Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Property, Mining & Oil and Banking & Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite lost 0.41%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG), which rose 2.22% or 0.100 points to trade at 4.600 at the close. Meanwhile, LT Group Inc (PS:LTG) added 2.17% or 0.320 points to end at 15.100 and Emperador Inc (PS:EMP) was up 1.85% or 0.140 points to 7.720 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aboitiz Power Corp (PS:AP), which fell 2.63% or 1.05 points to trade at 38.90 at the close. Robinsons Land Corp (PS:RLC) declined 1.63% or 0.400 points to end at 24.200 and JG Summit Holdings Inc (PS:JGS) was down 1.53% or 1.250 points to 80.250.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 110 to 93 and 41 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.58% or 7.09 to $1226.29 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.40% or 0.19 to hit $46.88 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.42% or 0.21 to trade at $49.47 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.11% to 7.4252, while USD/PHP fell 0.15% to 50.480.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 96.00.