Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Services, Mining & Oil and Banking & Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite lost 0.14%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Jollibee Foods Corp (PS:JFC), which rose 2.16% or 6.00 points to trade at 284.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Ayala Corp (PS:AC) added 2.12% or 19.50 points to end at 938.50 and BDO Unibank Inc (PS:BDO) was up 1.56% or 2.10 points to 136.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP), which fell 3.51% or 40.00 points to trade at 1100.00 at the close. Bank of the Philippine Islands (PS:BPI) declined 2.87% or 3.10 points to end at 105.00 and Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc (PS:AEV) was down 2.87% or 1.950 points to 66.000.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 137 to 70 and 44 ended unchanged.
Shares in GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP) fell to 3-years lows; falling 3.51% or 40.00 to 1100.00. Shares in Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc (PS:AEV) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.87% or 1.950 to 66.000.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.04% or 0.60 to $1339.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.28% or 0.81 to hit $64.23 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.30% or 0.89 to trade at $69.54 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.06% to 8.2530, while USD/PHP fell 0.03% to 51.986.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 89.52.