Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Services, Industrials and Property sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite fell 0.83%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Petron Corp (PS:PCOR), which rose 0.96% or 0.090 points to trade at 9.500 at the close. Meanwhile, BDO Unibank Inc (PS:BDO) added 0.55% or 0.70 points to end at 127.80 and GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP) was up 0.18% or 2.00 points to 1130.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Universal Robina Corp (PS:URC), which fell 3.66% or 5.60 points to trade at 147.30 at the close. PLDT Inc (PS:TEL) declined 2.47% or 43.00 points to end at 1700.00 and Globe Telecom Inc (PS:GLO) was down 2.44% or 50.00 points to 2000.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 103 to 84 and 51 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.16% or 15.23 to $1330.53 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.69% or 0.32 to hit $46.89 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.27% or 0.14 to trade at $51.56 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.24% to 7.7438, while USD/PHP fell 0.02% to 51.075.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.59% at 91.63.