Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrials, Banking & Financials and Property sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite gained 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were First Gen (PS:FGEN), which rose 7.73% or 1.70 points to trade at 23.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Metropolitan B (PS:MBT) added 4.24% or 3.50 points to end at 86.00 and Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG) was up 4.00% or 0.170 points to 4.420 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were San Miguel Cor (PS:SMC), which fell 3.73% or 1.750 points to trade at 45.200 at the close. Phi Long Dis T (PS:TEL) declined 2.41% or 58.00 points to end at 2344.00 and Robinsons Land (PS:RLC) was down 1.38% or 0.400 points to 28.600.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 92 to 77 and 11 ended unchanged.
Shares in San Miguel Cor (PS:SMC) fell to 3-years lows; falling 3.73% or 1.750 to 45.200.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.22% or 2.40 to $1105.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.02% or 0.45 to hit $44.45 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.61% or 0.29 to trade at $47.64 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.08% to 7.3349, while USD/PHP fell 0.06% to 46.715.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 95.38.