Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Property, Holding Firms and Mining & Oil sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite gained 0.44%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Ayala Land Inc (PS:ALI), which rose 3.46% or 1.100 points to trade at 32.900 at the close. Meanwhile, GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP) added 2.39% or 28.000 points to end at 1198.000 and SM Prime Holdings Inc (PS:SMPH) was up 1.89% or 0.500 points to 27.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Jollibee Foods Corp (PS:JFC), which fell 2.26% or 4.800 points to trade at 208.000 at the close. LT Group Inc (PS:LTG) declined 1.98% or 0.260 points to end at 12.900 and Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG) was down 1.65% or 0.060 points to 3.580.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 109 to 67 and 45 ended unchanged.
Shares in LT Group Inc (PS:LTG) fell to 52-week lows; losing 1.98% or 0.260 to 12.900.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.23% or 2.75 to $1173.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.20% or 0.62 to hit $51.17 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.87% or 0.48 to trade at $54.46 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 19.43% to 7.2252, while USD/PHP rose 19.30% to 49.663.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.10% at 100.06.