Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Holding Firms, Banking & Financials and Property sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite lost 0.82%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Manila Electric Co (PS:MER), which rose 1.88% or 6.000 points to trade at 326.000 at the close. Meanwhile, First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN) added 1.87% or 0.40 points to end at 21.80 and Philex Mining Corp (PS:PX) was up 1.07% or 0.060 points to 5.680 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP), which fell 2.68% or 39.000 points to trade at 1417.000 at the close. Jollibee Foods Corp (PS:JFC) declined 2.56% or 6.000 points to end at 228.000 and International Container Terminal Services Inc (PS:ICT) was down 2.01% or 1.350 points to 65.650.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 103 to 90 and 27 ended unchanged.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.11% or 1.30 to $1220.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.12% or 0.44 to hit $38.95 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.27% or 0.52 to trade at $40.35 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.37% to 7.1172, while USD/PHP rose 0.04% to 46.375.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.13% at 96.11.