Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Holding Firms, Property and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite rose 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were LT Group Inc (PS:LTG), which rose 4.07% or 0.740 points to trade at 18.940 at the close. Meanwhile, JG Summit Holdings Inc (PS:JGS) added 3.84% or 1.800 points to end at 48.700 and GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP) was up 3.45% or 30.00 points to 899.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co (PS:MBT), which fell 3.40% or 2.50 points to trade at 71.00 at the close. Alliance Global Group Inc (PS:AGI) declined 2.68% or 0.320 points to end at 11.620 and Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG) was down 2.49% or 0.110 points to 4.300.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 125 to 78 and 40 ended unchanged.
Shares in Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co (PS:MBT) fell to 52-week lows; losing 3.40% or 2.50 to 71.00. Shares in Alliance Global Group Inc (PS:AGI) fell to 5-year lows; falling 2.68% or 0.320 to 11.620.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.64% or 8.10 to $1260.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.54% or 0.37 to hit $68.45 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.46% or 0.34 to trade at $74.89 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.06% to 8.1731, while USD/PHP rose 0.22% to 53.611.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 94.12.