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 fell 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG), which rose 3.23% or 0.144 points to trade at 4.600 at the close. Meanwhile, Aboitiz Power Corp (PS:AP) added 1.02% or 0.40 points to end at 39.60 and GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP) was up 0.67% or 8.00 points to 1200.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Robinsons Land Corp (PS:RLC), which fell 2.00% or 0.500 points to trade at 24.500 at the close. LT Group Inc (PS:LTG) declined 1.84% or 0.280 points to end at 14.940 and Alliance Global Group Inc (PS:AGI) was down 1.68% or 0.240 points to 14.060.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 96 to 90 and 52 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.15% or 1.89 to $1248.59 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.27% or 0.12 to hit $44.55 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.26% or 0.12 to trade at $47.03 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.13% to 7.3469, while USD/PHP rose 0.48% to 50.160.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 97.28.