Investing.com – Philippines equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Services, Holding Firms and Banking & Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite added 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were International Container Terminal Services Inc (PS:ICT), which rose 3.10% or 2.650 points to trade at 88.100 at the close. GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP) added 1.62% or 19.00 points to end at 1189.00 and BDO Unibank Inc (PS:BDO) was up 0.81% or 1.00 points to 125.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Metro Pacific Investments Corp (PS:MPI), which lost 2.21% or 0.140 points to trade at 6.200 in late trade. Aboitiz Power Corp (PS:AP) declined 1.63% or 0.70 points to end at 42.30 and LT Group Inc (PS:LTG) shed 1.19% or 0.180 points to 14.900.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 99 to 97 and 45 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.44% or 5.45 to $1228.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.65% or 0.32 to hit $49.23 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.68% or 0.35 to trade at $51.97 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.33% to 7.2740, while USD/PHP rose 0.13% to 50.165.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 99.85.