After showing some resiliency during the past sessions, the Philippine stock market on Tuesday gave way to profit takers on lack of positive leads.
The bellwether Philippine Stock Exchange index lost 0.43 percent or 32.51 points to 7,452.81, while the broader all-share index shed 0.42 percent or 18.48 points to 4,366.13.
Trading volume reached 2.74 billion shares worth 10.08 billion pesos (225.50 million U.S. dollars) with 106 stocks declining, 78 advancing and 41 were unchanged.