Manila, Sept. 16 -- Bargain hunting lifted the Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) Tuesday, and this benefited the peso.

The main equities index rose 1.51 percent to 6,148.74 points, and the broader All Shares by 0.97 percent to 3,706.20 points.

Majority of the sectoral indices also gained during the day, led by Financials after it rose 3.70 percent.

It was trailed by Mining and Oil, 3.22 percent; Services, 1.29 percent; Holding Firms, 0.85 percent; and Industrial, 0.50 percent.

Only the Property index closed on the red after it fell 0.44 percent.

Volume reached 3.7 billion shares amounting to PHP6.5 billion.

Advancers led decliners at 101 to 93, while 59 shares were unchanged.

Luis Limlingan, Regina Capital Development Corporat...