Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Mining & Oil, Services and Holding Firms 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 LT Group Inc (PS:LTG), which rose 2.53% or 0.480 points to trade at 19.480 at the close. Meanwhile, Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co (PS:MBT) added 2.08% or 1.95 points to end at 95.85 and Universal Robina Corp (PS:URC) was up 1.41% or 1.90 points to 136.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Semirara Mining Corp (PS:SCC), which fell 6.97% or 2.65 points to trade at 35.35 at the close. DMCI Holdings Inc (PS:DMC) declined 4.50% or 0.680 points to end at 14.420 and PLDT Inc (PS:TEL) was down 4.46% or 70.00 points to 1500.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 114 to 75 and 53 ended unchanged.
Shares in LT Group Inc (PS:LTG) rose to 3-years highs; rising 2.53% or 0.480 to 19.480.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.11% or 1.44 to $1292.96 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.77% or 0.45 to hit $57.66 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.30% or 0.19 to trade at $63.19 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.07% to 7.6281, while USD/PHP fell 0.45% to 50.305.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 92.82.