Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining & Oil, Industrials and Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite gained 0.08%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Jollibee Foods Corp (PS:JFC), which rose 5.23% or 13.80 points to trade at 277.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Semirara Mining Corp (PS:SCC) added 3.77% or 1.40 points to end at 38.50 and Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG) was up 2.46% or 0.120 points to 5.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ayala Corp (PS:AC), which fell 3.04% or 33.00 points to trade at 1052.00 at the close. International Container Terminal Services Inc (PS:ICT) declined 2.50% or 2.800 points to end at 109.200 and JG Summit Holdings Inc (PS:JGS) was down 2.31% or 1.800 points to 76.200.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 108 to 102 and 60 ended unchanged.
Shares in Jollibee Foods Corp (PS:JFC) rose to all time highs; gaining 5.23% or 13.80 to 277.60.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.31% or 4.10 to $1339.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.09% or 0.06 to hit $64.36 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.61% or 0.43 to trade at $69.83 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.25% to 7.8435, while USD/PHP rose 0.27% to 50.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 90.34.