Investing.com – Philippines equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrials, Property and Banking & Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite added 0.64%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were First Gen (PS:FGEN), which rose 4.08% or 0.90 points to trade at 22.95 at the close. Dmci Holdings (PS:DMC) added 3.90% or 0.460 points to end at 12.260 and Manila Electri (PS:MER) was up 2.76% or 8.000 points to 298.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lt Group (PS:LTG), which lost 4.05% or 0.440 points to trade at 10.420 in late trade. Alliance Globa (PS:AGI) declined 2.95% or 0.500 points to end at 16.460 and Philex Mining (PS:PX) shed 2.83% or 0.140 points to 4.810.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 111 to 76 and 9 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.45% or 5.10 to $1126.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.97% or 0.43 to hit $44.86 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.99% or 0.47 to trade at $47.81 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.26% to 7.3749, while USD/PHP rose 0.08% to 46.885.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.04% at 96.10.