Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Services, Industrials and Property sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite added 0.17%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Globe Telecom Inc (PS:GLO), which rose 2.83% or 47.00 points to trade at 1709.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Metro Pacific Investments Corp (PS:MPI) added 2.03% or 0.090 points to end at 4.520 and International Container Terminal Services Inc (PS:ICT) was up 1.89% or 1.500 points to 81.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ayala Corp (PS:AC), which fell 1.90% or 18.50 points to trade at 953.00 at the close. LT Group Inc (PS:LTG) declined 1.45% or 0.260 points to end at 17.700 and Robinsons Land Corp (PS:RLC) was down 1.31% or 0.260 points to 19.520.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 91 to 89 and 54 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.38% or 4.70 to $1244.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.22% or 0.15 to hit $67.22 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.31% or 0.22 to trade at $72.06 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.11% to 7.9921, while USD/PHP fell 0.21% to 53.375.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 94.14.