The Philippine Stock Market - February 13, 2009

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) after being down more than 100 points earlier; closed lower by only 6.77 points to end at 7932.76.

The local equities market moved within a narrow range. The Philippine Stock Exchange Index (PSEi) closed lower head of the weekend; after being up for the most of the trading day.

PSEi previous close - 1924.10 (February 13)

open: 1923.90 (-0.40)
high: 1940.69 (+16.59)
low: 1919.62 (-4.44)
close: 1919.66 (-4.44 or -0.23%)

Value turnover: PhP 1.714 bn
Cross transactions: 527 mn

Advancers 35
Decliners 30
Unchanged 51

Sectoral Indices.
Property -1.20%
Financial -1.10%
Services -0.03%
Industrial +0.42%
Property +1.31%
M-O +1.36%

The Day's Top Gainers:
ABA: PhP 0.58; +45.00%
LIHC: PhP 3.00; +36.36%
APB: PhP 3.00; +13.21%

The Day's Biggest Decliners:
ALHI: PhP 5.20; -14.75%
ORE: PhP 0.39; -7.14%
MA: PhP 0.0070; -6.67%

At mid-day:
Asian equites markets were up.
The Philippine Peso was at PhP 47.238 vs US$ 1.00.