The Philippine Stock Market - March 25, 2009

Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) Summary
Index Value: 7,660.21
Trade Time: March 24
Change: Down 115.65 (-1.49%)
Prev Close: 7,775.86
Open: 7,773.47
Day's Range: 7,646.99 - 7,796.57

The local equities market started flat as WallStreet corrected overnight. The Philippine Stock Exchange Index (PSEi) was able to hold at the 1900 level and had a strong finish to end near its high.

PSEi previous close - 1917.69 (March 24)

time--------change---------PSEi
9:31------up 6.06--------1923.75
9:32---------7.30
9:33---------1.56

9:35----down 1.54
9:41---------0.99
9:43---------6.45
9:46--------10.76--------1906.93 (day's low)

9:58----down 5.51
10:00--------0.44

10:12-----up 1.63
10:14--------5.08
10:17--------7.97
10:23--------8.81
10:26--------9.68
10:32-------11.14---------1928.83

10:34-----up 4.23
10:44--------2.28
10:50--------1.82---------1919.51

10:51-----up 6.68
10:56-------10.06
10:57-------11.43
11:01-------12.95
11:19-------13.69
11:22-------15.85
11:24-------16.46
11:26-------17.80---------1935.49

11:28----up 14.48
11:29-------13.76

11:34----up 15.19
11:40-------16.39
11:50-------17.29
11:52-------20.30
11:53-------22.56---------1940.25 (day's high)

11:56----up 19.37
11:57-------17.93
11:58-------20.90
12:01-------21.85---------1939.54 (+1.14%)
Market Close.

Value turnover: PhP 2.028 bn
Cross transactions: PhP 634 mn

Advancers 59
Decliners 26
Unchanged 46

Sectoral Indices advanced across-the-board.
M-O +4.15%
Industrial +1.85%
Property +1.56%
Financial +1.28%
Services +0.53%
Holdings +0.36%

The Day's Top Gainers:
VUL: PhP 0.60; +42.86%
SLI: PhP 0.70; +40.00%
SUN: PhP 0.28; +36.59%

The Day's Biggest Decliners:
IRCB: PhP 0.53; -39.77%
ION: PhP 0.49; -9.26%
ELI: PhP 0.215; -6.52%

At mid-day:
Asian equities markets were mostly higher.
The Philippine Peso was at PhP 48.283 vs US$ 1.00.