The Philippine Stock Market - January 27, 2009

DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE(DJIA) Summary
Index Value: 8,116.03
Trade Time: Jan 26
Change: Up 38.47 (+0.48%)
Prev Close: 8,077.56
Open: 8,078.04
Day's Range: 8,023.16 - 8,231.68

In WallStreet, the support at the 8000 level remains shaky. Most asian equities markets remained closed.
The local equities market again traded in a narrow range with low volumes. The Philippine Stock Exchange Index (PSEi) continued to inch higher.

PSEi previous close - 1869.92 (January 26)

open: 1874.77 (+4.84)
high: 1887.87 (+17.95)
close: 1880.81 (+10.89 or 0.58%)

Value turnover: PhP 625 mn
Cross transactions: PhP 230 mn

Advancers 41
Decliners 18
Unchanged 53

Sectoral Indices.
M-O +2.83%
Services +0.97%
Industrial +0.38%
Holdings +0.32%
Financial +0.14%
Property -0.19%

The Day's Top Gainers:
FED: PhP 3.00; +20.00%
BKD: PhP 1.30; +16.07%
IP: PhP 1.18; +11.32%

The Day's Biggest Decliners:
ICTV: PhP 1.00; -18.03%
EIBA: PhP 0.14; -15.15%
IS: PhP 0.042; -6.67%

At mid-day:
Most asian equities markets remained closed and the few that were open advanced.
The Philippine Peso was at PhP 47.025 vs US$ 1.00.