Investing.com – Philippines equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking & Financials, Services and Holding Firms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite rose 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Ayala Corp (PS:AC), which rose 2.37% or 18.000 points to trade at 778.000 at the close. Energy Development Corp (PS:EDC) added 1.91% or 0.110 points to end at 5.870 and Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co (PS:MBT) was up 1.66% or 1.40 points to 85.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included JG Summit Holdings Inc (PS:JGS), which lost 1.34% or 1.100 points to trade at 80.900 in late trade. Ayala Land Inc (PS:ALI) declined 1.11% or 0.400 points to end at 35.750 and First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN) shed 0.89% or 0.20 points to 22.30.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 96 to 91 and 54 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.41% or 5.10 to $1263.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.02% or 0.41 to hit $40.77 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.21% or 0.52 to trade at $43.35 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.12% to 7.1270, while USD/PHP fell 0.11% to 46.045.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.33% at 93.66.