Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Holding Firms, Property and Mining & Oil sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite fell 1.64%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Robinsons Land Corp (PS:RLC), which rose 1.94% or 0.400 points to trade at 21.000 at the close. Meanwhile, First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN) added 0.63% or 0.10 points to end at 15.98 and San Miguel Corp (PS:SMC) was up 0.63% or 0.90 points to 144.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Universal Robina Corp (PS:URC), which fell 4.05% or 6.90 points to trade at 163.40 at the close. SM Prime Holdings Inc (PS:SMPH) declined 3.20% or 1.250 points to end at 37.850 and Ayala Corp (PS:AC) was down 3.05% or 33.00 points to 1050.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 151 to 57 and 55 ended unchanged.
Shares in San Miguel Corp (PS:SMC) rose to 5-year highs; rising 0.63% or 0.90 to 144.90.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.47% or 6.30 to $1334.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.31% or 0.86 to hit $64.70 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.92% or 0.64 to trade at $68.56 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.18% to 8.1065, while USD/PHP rose 0.29% to 51.426.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 89.37.