Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Property, Mining & Oil and Banking & Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite declined 1.41%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Aboitiz Power Corp (PS:AP), which rose 1.86% or 0.65 points to trade at 35.65 at the close. Meanwhile, International Container Terminal Services Inc (PS:ICT) added 1.70% or 1.500 points to end at 89.500 and Alliance Global Group Inc (PS:AGI) was up 1.48% or 0.180 points to 12.380 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were DMCI Holdings Inc (PS:DMC), which fell 3.52% or 0.420 points to trade at 11.500 at the close. Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc (PS:AEV) declined 3.27% or 1.950 points to end at 57.600 and Bank of the Philippine Islands (PS:BPI) was down 3.25% or 3.10 points to 92.40.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 139 to 60 and 41 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.27% or 3.20 to $1202.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.03% or 0.69 to hit $67.89 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.96% or 0.70 to trade at $73.31 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.12% to 7.7628, while USD/PHP fell 0.28% to 53.435.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 96.16.