Investing.com – Philippines equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Property, Holding Firms and Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite gained 2.89%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were JG Summit Holdings Inc (PS:JGS), which rose 6.59% or 4.700 points to trade at 76.000 at the close. SM Prime Holdings Inc (PS:SMPH) added 6.51% or 1.700 points to end at 27.800 and Robinsons Land Corp (PS:RLC) was up 5.52% or 1.600 points to 30.600 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Semirara Mining Corp (PS:SCC), which lost 1.19% or 1.5000 points to trade at 124.5000 in late trade. Metro Pacific Investments Corp (PS:MPI) declined 0.42% or 0.030 points to end at 7.100 and San Miguel Corp (PS:SMC) shed 0.12% or 0.100 points to 80.900.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 122 to 68 and 35 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.54% or 6.75 to $1263.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.10% or 0.55 to hit $50.49 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.99% or 0.51 to trade at $52.03 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.58% to 7.1506, while USD/PHP fell 0.71% to 48.175.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.17% at 97.69.