The Philippine Stock Market - April 14, 2009

Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) Summary
Index Value: 8,057.81
Trade Time: April 13
Change: Down 25.57 (-0.32%)
Prev Close: 8,083.38
Open: 8,082.02
Day's Range: 7,963.75 - 8,113.41

WallStreet traded within a 150-point range at the 8000 level. After being down by around 120 points at one point, the DJIA recovered to limit its losses.

The local equities market traded with a downward bias. The Philippine Stock Exchange Index (PSEi) traded in a narrow range and ended with minimal losses.

PSEi previous close - 2043.20 (April 14)

time---------down----------PSEi
9:31---------0.63---------2042.57
9:37---------2.35
9:39---------7.88
9:44---------9.17
9:53--------15.08
9:55--------18.07---------2025.13

10:06-------16.15
10:12-------18.06
10:14-------18.88---------2024.32 (day's low)

The market slowly recovers.

10:21-------14.01
10:31-------13.92
10:38-------13.33
10:43-------11.95
10:46-------10.41
11:03-------10:19
11:09--------7.24
11:10--------4.99
11:24--------4.91
11:27--------4.75
11:33--------3.46--------2039.74

The PSEi moves sideways in the last part of the trading session.

11:40--------7.14
11:53--------8.69
11:56--------6.01
12:01--------6.11-------2037.09 (-0.30%)
Market Close.

Value turnover: PhP 1.857 bn
Cross transactions: PhP 822 mn

Advancers 52
Decliners 36
Unchanged 39

Sectoral Indices:
Services -1.18%
Industrial -0.61%
Property +0.22%
Holdings +0.86%
Financial +1.05%
M-O +1.52%

The Day's Top Gainers:
BCB: PhP 10.50; +50.00%
ANS: PhP 3.00; +25.00
ICTV: PhP 1.20; +20.00%

The Day's Biggest Decliners:
UW: PhP 0.07; -12.50%
DFNN: PhP 4.25; -9.57%
UPM: PhP 0.0050; -9.09%

At mid-day:
Asian equities markets were mostly up.
The Philippine Peso was at PhP 47.787 vs US$ 1.00.


CLOSING PRICES OF SELECT STOCKS (as of April 14, 2009):
ABA: PhP 0.92
ALI: PhP 5.60
DGTL: PhP 1.04
EDC: PhP 3.55
EIBA: PHP 0.22
FLI: PhP 0.40
GEO: PhP 0.44
GOB: PhP 0.17
JOH: PhP 1.00
LOTO: PhP 9.10
MEG: PhP 0.59
MPI: PhP 3.30
MUSX: PhP 0.09
PAX: PhP 0.89
PX: PhP 5.80
SPH: PhP 2.70
SUN: PhP 0.26
TA: PhP 0.85
UW: PhP 0.07
WEB: PhP 0.046