Investing.com – Philippines equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Holding Firms, Banking & Financials and Property sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite fell 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP), which rose 3.85% or 47.000 points to trade at 1268.000 at the close. Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG) added 1.05% or 0.040 points to end at 3.860 and International Container Terminal Services Inc (PS:ICT) was up 0.79% or 0.600 points to 76.800 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ayala Corp (PS:AC), which lost 2.50% or 20.000 points to trade at 780.000 in late trade. SM Investments Corp (PS:SM) declined 2.22% or 15.500 points to end at 682.000 and Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co (PS:MBT) shed 1.98% or 1.60 points to 79.40.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 107 to 93 and 42 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.01% or 0.15 to $1232.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.08% or 0.04 to hit $52.97 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.05% or 0.03 to trade at $55.69 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.22% to 7.2321, while USD/PHP rose 0.14% to 49.765.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.72% at 100.56.