Investing.com – Philippines equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Holding Firms, Mining & Oil and Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite fell 1.58%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Energy Development Corp (PS:EDC), which rose 3.42% or 0.240 points to trade at 7.250 at the close. Alliance Global Group Inc (PS:AGI) added 1.90% or 0.280 points to end at 15.040 and Robinsons Land Corp (PS:RLC) was up 1.55% or 0.400 points to 26.200 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG), which lost 5.11% or 0.280 points to trade at 5.200 in late trade. GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP) declined 4.09% or 49.00 points to end at 1150.00 and Ayala Corp (PS:AC) shed 3.81% or 37.00 points to 935.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 121 to 69 and 54 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.04% or 0.56 to $1311.36 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.36% or 0.18 to hit $50.53 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.13% or 0.07 to trade at $55.55 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.56% to 7.7322, while USD/PHP fell 0.33% to 50.948.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 91.76.