Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrials, Holding Firms and Banking & Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite rose 1.09%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were JG Summit Holdings Inc (PS:JGS), which rose 5.63% or 4.000 points to trade at 75.000 at the close. Meanwhile, BDO Unibank Inc (PS:BDO) added 4.67% or 7.00 points to end at 157.00 and Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG) was up 4.35% or 0.200 points to 4.800 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Semirara Mining Corp (PS:SCC), which fell 3.14% or 1.20 points to trade at 37.00 at the close. First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN) declined 2.03% or 0.30 points to end at 14.50 and Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc (PS:AEV) was down 1.90% or 1.500 points to 77.500.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 118 to 94 and 43 ended unchanged.
Shares in First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN) fell to 3-years lows; falling 2.03% or 0.30 to 14.50.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.17% or 2.30 to $1335.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.34% or 0.22 to hit $63.69 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.30% or 0.20 to trade at $67.09 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.73% to 8.2691, while USD/PHP rose 0.46% to 52.106.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 89.71.