Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Mining & Oil, Holding Firms and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite lost 1.03%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Security Bank Corp (PS:SECB), which rose 1.53% or 2.90 points to trade at 193.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Aboitiz Power Corp (PS:AP) added 0.97% or 0.35 points to end at 36.60 and Globe Telecom Inc (PS:GLO) was up 0.76% or 16.00 points to 2120.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were JG Summit Holdings Inc (PS:JGS), which fell 4.80% or 2.750 points to trade at 54.600 at the close. DMCI Holdings Inc (PS:DMC) declined 3.79% or 0.480 points to end at 12.200 and Metro Pacific Investments Corp (PS:MPI) was down 3.74% or 0.200 points to 5.150.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 147 to 58 and 42 ended unchanged.
Shares in Globe Telecom Inc (PS:GLO) rose to 52-week highs; rising 0.76% or 16.00 to 2120.00.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.10% or 1.20 to $1201.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.50% or 0.34 to hit $67.88 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.90% or 0.70 to trade at $78.07 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.12% to 7.8616, while USD/PHP rose 0.08% to 53.949.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 94.96.