Investing.com – Philippines equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Property, Industrials and Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite declined 0.91%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP), which rose 3.51% or 42.00 points to trade at 1240.00 at the close. Energy Development Corp (PS:EDC) added 1.49% or 0.090 points to end at 6.120 and Metro Pacific Investments Corp (PS:MPI) was up 1.29% or 0.080 points to 6.270 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG), which lost 7.05% or 0.330 points to trade at 4.350 in late trade. Alliance Global Group Inc (PS:AGI) declined 5.40% or 0.780 points to end at 13.660 and Petron Corp (PS:PCOR) shed 5.05% or 0.510 points to 9.590.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 132 to 69 and 42 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.39% or 4.91 to $1263.99 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.63% or 0.29 to hit $46.37 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.68% or 0.33 to trade at $48.62 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.08% to 7.2895, while USD/PHP fell 0.08% to 49.563.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 97.01.