Investing.com – Philippines equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Holding Firms, Property and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite declined 0.10% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Alliance Global Group Inc (PS:AGI), which rose 3.48% or 0.500 points to trade at 14.860 at the close. Philex Mining Corp (PS:PX) added 2.38% or 0.150 points to end at 6.450 and Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG) was up 1.92% or 0.070 points to 3.710 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ayala Corp (PS:AC), which lost 1.97% or 15.000 points to trade at 745.000 in late trade. International Container Terminal Services Inc (PS:ICT) declined 1.77% or 1.150 points to end at 63.750 and LT Group Inc (PS:LTG) shed 1.73% or 0.260 points to 14.740.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 111 to 80 and 39 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.32% or 4.20 to $1300.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.38% or 0.17 to hit $44.95 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.35% or 0.16 to trade at $45.99 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.11% to 7.2462, while USD/PHP fell 0.12% to 46.910.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.50% at 92.07.