Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking & Financials, Services and Holding Firms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite lost 0.64% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Universal Robina Corp (PS:URC), which rose 3.83% or 6.900 points to trade at 187.000 at the close. Meanwhile, First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN) added 1.18% or 0.30 points to end at 25.65 and Bloomberry Resorts Corp (PS:BLOOM) was up 0.86% or 0.050 points to 5.850 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG), which fell 4.86% or 0.240 points to trade at 4.700 at the close. Petron Corp (PS:PCOR) declined 4.55% or 0.500 points to end at 10.480 and Globe Telecom Inc (PS:GLO) was down 2.88% or 60.000 points to 2020.000.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 121 to 74 and 47 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.23% or 3.00 to $1324.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.62% or 0.29 to hit $47.27 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.36% or 0.18 to trade at $49.63 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.17% to 6.9552, while USD/PHP rose 0.18% to 46.455.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.22% at 95.74.