Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Property, Industrials and Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite fell 0.38%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were BDO Unibank Inc (PS:BDO), which rose 2.59% or 2.90 points to trade at 114.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co (PS:MBT) added 2.29% or 1.95 points to end at 87.10 and Semirara Mining Corp (PS:SCC) was up 1.20% or 1.5000 points to 126.0000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SM Prime Holdings Inc (PS:SMPH), which fell 2.79% or 0.800 points to trade at 27.900 at the close. Jollibee Foods Corp (PS:JFC) declined 1.91% or 4.800 points to end at 246.000 and Emperador Inc (PS:EMP) was down 1.87% or 0.140 points to 7.350.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 95 to 81 and 50 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.44% or 5.55 to $1269.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.73% or 0.37 to hit $50.89 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.60% or 0.31 to trade at $51.77 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.08% to 7.1201, while USD/PHP rose 0.15% to 48.255.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.06% at 98.70.