The Philippine Stock Market - January 12, 2009

The local equities market started weak as sentiment was dragged down by the drop in WallStreet late last week. The Philippine Stock Exchange Index (PSEi) however recovered and once again tested the key 2000 index level.

PSEi previous close - 1984.88 (January 9, 2009)

time----------change-----------PSEi
9:31------down 4.74---------1980.14
9:33------------2.71
9:34------------6.69
9:35------------7.94---------1976.94 (day's low)
9:43------------4.23
9:46------------0.35

9:49--------up 0.35----------1984.53

9:54-----down 1.60
9:56-----------3.47
9:57-----------6.34
10:07----------1.93

10:11-------up 1.01

10:12-----down 0.30

10:14-------up 2.57
10:16----------3.08
10:22----------1.55
10:23----------2.63
10:29----------4.76
10:39----------6.82
10:48----------8.39
10:58---------11.18
11:02---------13.43---------1998.31
11:05---------11.25
11:11---------10.87
11:19---------11.40
11:21----------9.14
11:28---------12.05
11:37---------11.64
11:40---------13.30
11:44---------14.43---------1999.31
11:48---------12.77
11:50---------14.32
11:52---------14.54
11:57---------15.12---------2000.00 (day's high)
11:59---------14.69
12:01---------12.95---------1997.83 (+0.65%)
Market Close.

Advancers 60
Decliners 28
Unchanged 37

Value turnover: PhP 1.570 bn
Cross transactions: 708 mn
Block Sale: 3,710,360 shs AEV @ PhP 5.45 = PhP 20.221 mn

Sectoral Indices:
M-O +1.87%
Holdings +1.45%
Financial +0.90%
Industrial +0.83%
Property +0.66%
Services 0.0%

The Day's Top Gainers:
LIHC: PhP 3.95; +25.40%
BCB: PhP 12.00; +25.00%
APX: PhP 2.34; +21.87%

The Day's Biggest Decliners:
ARA: PhP 0.25; -10.71%
COL: PhP 4.75; -8.65%
SGI: PhP 0.25; -7.89%

At mid-day:
Asian equities markets were mostly down.
The Philippine Peso was at PhP 47.452 vs US$ 1.00.