The Philippine Stock Market - December 3, 2008

Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA)
Index Value: 8,419.09
Trade Time: Dec 2
Change: Up 270.00 (+3.31%)
Prev Close: 8,149.09
Open: 8,153.75
Day's Range: 8143.51 - 8437.17


The rebound in WallStreet had the local equities market advance. The Philippine Stock Exchange Index (PSEi) advanced above the 1900 level.

PSEi previous close - 1879.87 (December 2)

open: 1889.87 (+10.00)
high: 1923.54 (+43.67)
close: 1905.28 (+25.41 or 1.35%)

Value turnover: PhP 1.179 bn
Cross transactions: PhP 457 mn
Block Sales: 1 billion shares FLI at PhP 0.372 = PhP 372 mn

Advancers 35
Decliners 58
Unchanged 34

Sectoral Indices:
Services +2.27%
Property +1.46%
Industrial +0.93%
M-O +0.76%
Financial -0.50%
Holdings -0.38%

The Day's Top Gainers:
LSC: PhP 1.30; +25.00%
PEP: PhP 0.68; +23.64%
PWR: PhP 0.18; +12.50%

The Day's Biggest Decliners:
TDY: PhP 1.60; -20.79%
ORE: PhP 0.43; -15.69%
ALHI: PhP 5.00; -15.25%

At mid-day:
Asian equites markets were mostly up.
ThePhilippine Peso was at PhP 49.334 vs US$ 1.00.