Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Services, Industrials and Mining & Oil sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite fell 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were First Gen (PS:FGEN), which rose 9.53% or 2.35 points to trade at 27.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Robinsons Land (PS:RLC) added 2.09% or 0.600 points to end at 29.300 and Semirara Minin (PS:SCC) was up 1.86% or 2.6000 points to 142.5000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Alliance Globa (PS:AGI), which fell 2.44% or 0.550 points to trade at 21.700 at the close. Petron (PS:PCOR) declined 2.21% or 0.200 points to end at 8.850 and San Miguel Cor (PS:SMC) was down 1.33% or 0.800 points to 59.500.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 134 to 60 and 14 ended unchanged.
Shares in San Miguel Cor (PS:SMC) fell to 52-week lows; losing 1.33% or 0.800 to 59.500.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.24% or 2.80 to $1176.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.13% or 0.07 to hit $58.41 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.64% or 0.40 to trade at $62.41 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.09% to 7.2717, while USD/PHP fell 0.21% to 45.095.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.42% at 95.47.