Investing.com – Philippines equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Industrials, Holding Firms and Mining & Oil sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite fell 0.64%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Robinsons Land Corp (PS:RLC), which rose 2.53% or 0.750 points to trade at 30.350 at the close. Bloomberry Resorts Corp (PS:BLOOM) added 2.24% or 0.130 points to end at 5.930 and San Miguel Corp (PS:SMC) was up 1.69% or 1.300 points to 78.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN), which lost 2.57% or 0.65 points to trade at 24.65 in late trade. LT Group Inc (PS:LTG) declined 2.50% or 0.400 points to end at 15.600 and Petron Corp (PS:PCOR) shed 2.35% or 0.260 points to 10.800.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 91 to 82 and 55 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.65% or 8.65 to $1316.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 2.33% or 1.08 to hit $47.41 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 2.24% or 1.07 to trade at $48.84 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.52% to 7.0725, while USD/PHP fell 0.58% to 47.015.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.44% at 96.13.