Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Services, Holding Firms and Mining & Oil sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite fell 0.83% to hit a new 6-months low.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG), which rose 4.55% or 0.150 points to trade at 3.450 at the close. Meanwhile, San Miguel Corp (PS:SMC) added 4.21% or 4.000 points to end at 99.000 and First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN) was up 1.56% or 0.35 points to 22.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Petron Corp (PS:PCOR), which fell 4.09% or 0.420 points to trade at 9.840 at the close. PLDT Inc (PS:TEL) declined 3.70% or 50.00 points to end at 1300.00 and BDO Unibank Inc (PS:BDO) was down 2.69% or 2.90 points to 105.10.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 126 to 52 and 44 ended unchanged.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.76% or 8.65 to $1134.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.08% or 0.04 to hit $53.02 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.05% or 0.03 to trade at $54.95 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.28% to 7.1962, while USD/PHP rose 0.08% to 50.020.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.29% at 103.37.