Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrials, Property and Mining & Oil sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite rose 0.87%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG), which rose 5.00% or 0.210 points to trade at 4.410 at the close. Meanwhile, Universal Robina Corp (PS:URC) added 3.93% or 5.20 points to end at 137.50 and Manila Electric Co (PS:MER) was up 3.16% or 11.00 points to 359.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN), which fell 3.43% or 0.54 points to trade at 15.22 at the close. Puregold Price Club Inc (PS:PGOLD) declined 2.38% or 1.000 points to end at 41.000 and San Miguel Corp (PS:SMC) was down 1.63% or 2.70 points to 163.30.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 100 to 83 and 50 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.19% or 2.30 to $1232.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.78% or 0.56 to hit $71.22 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.76% or 0.61 to trade at $80.17 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.16% to 7.8003, while USD/PHP fell 0.11% to 53.971.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 94.72.