Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking&Financials, Mining&Oil and Holding Firms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite fell 1.87% to hit a new 6-months low.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Petron Corp (PS:PCOR), which rose 1.95% or 0.180 points to trade at 9.390 at the close. Meanwhile, Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc (PS:AEV) added 1.91% or 1.300 points to end at 69.500 and First Gen Corp (PS:FGEN) was up 0.86% or 0.14 points to 16.46 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG), which fell 4.97% or 0.230 points to trade at 4.400 at the close. LT Group Inc (PS:LTG) declined 4.87% or 0.940 points to end at 18.360 and Universal Robina Corp (PS:URC) was down 4.62% or 6.60 points to 136.40.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 161 to 56 and 34 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.42% or 5.70 to $1345.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.08% or 0.05 to hit $66.17 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.08% or 0.06 to trade at $71.36 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.37% to 8.2967, while USD/PHP rose 0.16% to 52.115.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 89.05.
