Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining & Oil, Holding Firms and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite rose 0.60%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Manila Electric Co (PS:MER), which rose 5.30% or 16.20 points to trade at 322.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Semirara Mining Corp (PS:SCC) added 4.31% or 1.60 points to end at 38.70 and JG Summit Holdings Inc (PS:JGS) was up 3.94% or 2.900 points to 76.500 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN), which fell 2.25% or 0.40 points to trade at 17.40 at the close. San Miguel Corp (PS:SMC) declined 1.99% or 2.30 points to end at 113.10 and BDO Unibank Inc (PS:BDO) was down 1.66% or 2.40 points to 142.60.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 111 to 76 and 50 ended unchanged.
Shares in Manila Electric Co (PS:MER) rose to 52-week highs; up 5.30% or 16.20 to 322.00.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.50% or 6.34 to $1272.56 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.30% or 0.17 to hit $56.59 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.35% or 0.22 to trade at $62.94 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.22% to 7.7171, while USD/PHP rose 0.11% to 51.260.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 94.31.