Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Property, Holding Firms and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite fell 0.49%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Bloomberry Res (PS:BLOOM), which rose 1.73% or 0.180 points to trade at 10.580 at the close. Meanwhile, Bk Of Phi Isla (PS:BPI) added 0.85% or 0.85 points to end at 100.80 and Aboitiz Power (PS:AP) was up 0.70% or 0.30 points to 43.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were First Gen (PS:FGEN), which fell 2.70% or 0.75 points to trade at 27.05 at the close. Robinsons Land (PS:RLC) declined 2.34% or 0.700 points to end at 29.200 and Lt Group (PS:LTG) was down 2.12% or 0.320 points to 14.740.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 106 to 85 and 14 ended unchanged.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.74% or 9.10 to $1218.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.97% or 0.58 to hit $59.66 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.22% or 0.81 to trade at $65.46 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.03% to 7.1729, while USD/PHP rose 0.08% to 44.525.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.86% at 95.04.