Investing.com – Philippines equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Property, Holding Firms and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite rose 1.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Sm Prime Hldgs (PS:SMPH), which rose 4.74% or 0.900 points to trade at 19.900 at the close. Gt Capital Hol (PS:GTCAP) added 3.30% or 42.000 points to end at 1315.000 and First Gen (PS:FGEN) was up 2.68% or 0.75 points to 28.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Robinsons Land (PS:RLC), which lost 1.84% or 0.550 points to trade at 29.350 in late trade. San Miguel Cor (PS:SMC) declined 0.81% or 0.550 points to end at 67.400 and Philex Mining (PS:PX) shed 0.28% or 0.020 points to 7.150.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 111 to 88 and 19 ended unchanged on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.08% or 1.00 to $1187.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.59% or 0.34 to hit $59.27 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.52% or 0.34 to trade at $66.80 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.10% to 7.1907, while USD/PHP rose 0.04% to 44.620.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.50% at 96.07.