Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Mining & Oil, Holding Firms and Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite declined 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Ayala Land Inc (PS:ALI), which rose 1.49% or 0.650 points to trade at 44.150 at the close. Meanwhile, Bank of the Philippine Islands (PS:BPI) added 0.96% or 1.00 points to end at 105.00 and Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co (PS:MBT) was up 0.87% or 0.85 points to 98.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were DMCI Holdings Inc (PS:DMC), which fell 3.27% or 0.480 points to trade at 14.220 at the close. Petron Corp (PS:PCOR) declined 2.42% or 0.230 points to end at 9.270 and LT Group Inc (PS:LTG) was down 2.22% or 0.420 points to 18.480.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 115 to 86 and 52 ended unchanged.
Shares in Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co (PS:MBT) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 0.87% or 0.85 to 98.95.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.09% or 1.10 to $1245.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.79% or 0.46 to hit $58.45 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.13% or 0.73 to trade at $65.42 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.13% to 7.6273, while USD/PHP rose 0.32% to 50.505.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 93.78.