Investing.com – Philippines equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Property, Holding Firms and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite gained 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Alliance Global Group Inc (PS:AGI), which rose 3.55% or 0.500 points to trade at 14.600 at the close. First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN) added 2.61% or 0.55 points to end at 21.60 and LT Group Inc (PS:LTG) was up 2.53% or 0.380 points to 15.400 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co (PS:MBT), which lost 1.75% or 1.45 points to trade at 81.50 in late trade. International Container Terminal Services Inc (PS:ICT) declined 1.50% or 1.350 points to end at 88.500 and Robinsons Land Corp (PS:RLC) shed 1.38% or 0.350 points to 25.000.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 103 to 87 and 50 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.46% or 5.90 to $1286.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.55% or 0.29 to hit $52.36 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.56% or 0.31 to trade at $55.05 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.29% to 7.2079, while USD/PHP rose 0.16% to 49.630.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 100.16.