Investing.com – Philippines equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking & Financials, Property and Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite added 1.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Bank of the Philippine Islands (PS:BPI), which rose 5.22% or 5.70 points to trade at 115.00 at the close. Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co (PS:MBT) added 3.37% or 2.80 points to end at 85.80 and San Miguel Corp (PS:SMC) was up 2.89% or 4.00 points to 142.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Energy Development Corp (PS:EDC), which lost 2.11% or 0.120 points to trade at 5.580 in late trade. Security Bank Corp (PS:SECB) declined 1.06% or 2.60 points to end at 242.00 and JG Summit Holdings Inc (PS:JGS) shed 0.47% or 0.300 points to 63.200.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 148 to 63 and 33 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.15% or 2.10 to $1352.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.23% or 0.15 to hit $65.70 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.29% or 0.20 to trade at $69.72 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.32% to 8.3472, while USD/PHP rose 0.36% to 52.360.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 88.77.