Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Industrials, Holding Firms and Mining & Oil sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite fell 0.64%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Robinsons Land Corp (PS:RLC), which rose 2.53% or 0.750 points to trade at 30.350 at the close. Meanwhile, Bloomberry Resorts Corp (PS:BLOOM) added 2.24% or 0.130 points to end at 5.930 and San Miguel Corp (PS:SMC) was up 1.69% or 1.300 points to 78.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN), which fell 2.57% or 0.65 points to trade at 24.65 at the close. LT Group Inc (PS:LTG) declined 2.50% or 0.400 points to end at 15.600 and Petron Corp (PS:PCOR) was down 2.35% or 0.260 points to 10.800.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 91 to 82 and 55 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.65% or 8.60 to $1316.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 2.29% or 1.06 to hit $47.39 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 2.24% or 1.07 to trade at $48.84 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.52% to 7.0725, while USD/PHP fell 0.58% to 47.015.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.44% at 96.13.