Investing.com – Philippines equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Mining & Oil, Property and Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite fell 1.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were LT Group Inc (PS:LTG), which rose 5.34% or 0.740 points to trade at 14.600 at the close. San Miguel Corp (PS:SMC) added 0.97% or 1.000 points to end at 104.200 and Alliance Global Group Inc (PS:AGI) was up 0.63% or 0.080 points to 12.880 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Universal Robina Corp (PS:URC), which lost 3.40% or 5.600 points to trade at 159.300 in late trade. SM Prime Holdings Inc (PS:SMPH) declined 2.62% or 0.800 points to end at 29.700 and International Container Terminal Services Inc (PS:ICT) shed 2.55% or 1.950 points to 74.400.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 99 to 95 and 44 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.29% or 3.55 to $1229.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.40% or 0.21 to hit $53.14 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.52% or 0.29 to trade at $55.88 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.04% to 7.2581, while USD/PHP fell 0.18% to 49.840.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 100.75.