Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Services, Mining & Oil and Holding Firms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite declined 0.47%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Petron Corp (PS:PCOR), which rose 2.72% or 0.280 points to trade at 10.580 at the close. Meanwhile, SM Prime Holdings Inc (PS:SMPH) added 1.81% or 0.400 points to end at 22.550 and Bank of the Philippine Islands (PS:BPI) was up 1.56% or 1.40 points to 91.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Globe Telecom Inc (PS:GLO), which fell 2.87% or 64.000 points to trade at 2166.000 at the close. DMCI Holdings Inc (PS:DMC) declined 2.47% or 0.340 points to end at 13.400 and Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PS:TEL) was down 2.14% or 42.00 points to 1920.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 102 to 73 and 30 ended unchanged.
Shares in Petron Corp (PS:PCOR) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.72% or 0.280 to 10.580.
Gold for April delivery was up 1.01% or 12.60 to $1256.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.51% or 0.21 to hit $41.31 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.65% or 0.27 to trade at $41.27 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.34% to 7.1348, while USD/PHP fell 0.20% to 46.330.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.35% at 95.73.