Investing.com – Philippines equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining & Oil, Industrials and Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite rose 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Jollibee Foods Corp (PS:JFC), which rose 2.52% or 6.00 points to trade at 244.00 at the close. Petron Corp (PS:PCOR) added 2.36% or 0.240 points to end at 10.420 and Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG) was up 2.02% or 0.100 points to 5.060 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Robinsons Land Corp (PS:RLC), which lost 1.29% or 0.300 points to trade at 23.000 in late trade. Bank of the Philippine Islands (PS:BPI) declined 0.95% or 1.00 points to end at 104.60 and Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co (PS:MBT) shed 0.79% or 0.70 points to 87.70.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 103 to 87 and 55 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.37% or 4.88 to $1335.28 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.95% or 0.45 to hit $47.74 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.21% or 0.11 to trade at $52.45 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.40% to 7.8030, while USD/PHP fell 0.07% to 51.137.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 92.64.