Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining & Oil, Industrials and Holding Firms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite rose 0.63% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Semirara Mining Corp (PS:SCC), which rose 3.21% or 0.95 points to trade at 30.50 at the close. Meanwhile, GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP) added 2.78% or 24.50 points to end at 904.50 and Alliance Global Group Inc (PS:AGI) was up 2.65% or 0.380 points to 14.700 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc (PS:AEV), which fell 0.56% or 0.300 points to trade at 53.500 at the close. Petron Corp (PS:PCOR) declined 0.55% or 0.050 points to end at 8.970 and Emperador Inc (PS:EMP) was down 0.14% or 0.010 points to 7.280.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 101 to 84 and 52 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.57% or 6.90 to $1199.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.32% or 0.92 to hit $70.72 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.78% or 0.61 to trade at $78.76 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.11% to 7.8349, while USD/PHP rose 0.06% to 53.547.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 95.47.