Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Property, Holding Firms and Mining & Oil sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite lost 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Globe Telecom Inc (PS:GLO), which rose 3.49% or 64.00 points to trade at 1899.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Security Bank Corp (PS:SECB) added 2.38% or 4.80 points to end at 206.80 and BDO Unibank Inc (PS:BDO) was up 1.76% or 2.10 points to 121.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were LT Group Inc (PS:LTG), which fell 3.97% or 0.600 points to trade at 14.500 at the close. SM Prime Holdings Inc (PS:SMPH) declined 2.37% or 0.700 points to end at 28.800 and Robinsons Land Corp (PS:RLC) was down 1.67% or 0.400 points to 23.600.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 107 to 83 and 40 ended unchanged.
Shares in BDO Unibank Inc (PS:BDO) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.76% or 2.10 to 121.60.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.01% or 0.15 to $1225.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.13% or 0.07 to hit $53.27 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.11% or 0.06 to trade at $56.07 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.03% to 7.2918, while USD/PHP fell 0.14% to 50.325.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 101.60.