Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Property, Mining & Oil and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite lost 1.54% to hit a new 6-months low.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Alliance Global Group Inc (PS:AGI), which rose 1.23% or 0.160 points to trade at 13.200 at the close. Meanwhile, LT Group Inc (PS:LTG) added 0.83% or 0.160 points to end at 19.400 and PLDT Inc (PS:TEL) was up 0.43% or 6.00 points to 1403.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aboitiz Power Corp (PS:AP), which fell 4.16% or 1.65 points to trade at 38.00 at the close. Bank of the Philippine Islands (PS:BPI) declined 3.61% or 3.90 points to end at 104.10 and First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN) was down 3.21% or 0.52 points to 15.66.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 142 to 68 and 40 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.31% or 4.10 to $1328.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.61% or 0.42 to hit $69.06 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.40% or 0.30 to trade at $75.01 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.10% to 8.2849, while USD/PHP fell 0.18% to 52.294.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 90.75.