Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Property, Holding Firms and Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite rose 1.73%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG), which rose 7.64% or 0.330 points to trade at 4.650 at the close. Meanwhile, SM Prime Holdings Inc (PS:SMPH) added 7.43% or 2.650 points to end at 38.300 and Robinsons Land Corp (PS:RLC) was up 4.76% or 0.900 points to 19.800 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Energy Development Corp (PS:EDC), which fell 1.89% or 0.100 points to trade at 5.200 at the close. Manila Electric Co (PS:MER) declined 1.71% or 5.60 points to end at 322.40 and International Container Terminal Services Inc (PS:ICT) was down 0.96% or 0.800 points to 82.200.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 109 to 91 and 47 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.64% or 8.40 to $1309.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $70.95 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.46% or 0.36 to trade at $78.59 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.23% to 8.2614, while USD/PHP rose 0.07% to 52.501.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 92.64.