Investing.com – Philippines equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Mining & Oil, Industrials and Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite declined 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were International Container Terminal Services Inc (PS:ICT), which rose 2.11% or 1.900 points to trade at 92.000 at the close. GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP) added 1.17% or 15.00 points to end at 1300.00 and SM Investments Corp (PS:SM) was up 0.90% or 7.00 points to 784.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN), which lost 7.16% or 1.54 points to trade at 19.96 in late trade. PLDT Inc (PS:TEL) declined 2.49% or 45.00 points to end at 1765.00 and Robinsons Land Corp (PS:RLC) shed 2.45% or 0.650 points to 25.900.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 128 to 84 and 41 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.06% or 0.72 to $1226.38 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.24% or 0.11 to hit $46.54 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.24% or 0.12 to trade at $49.46 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.03% to 7.2248, while USD/PHP rose 0.05% to 49.896.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 99.15.