The Philippine Stock Market - April 30, 2009

Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) Summary
Index Value: 8,185.73
Trade Time: April 29
Change: Up 168.78 (+2.11%)
Prev Close: 8,016.95
Open: 8,018.31
Day's Range: 8,017.91 - 8,257.57

WallStreet traded higher as investor confidence try to firm up and the DJIA ended well above the 8000 level.

The local equities market got a big boost and ended the month on a high note. The Philippine Stock Exchange Index (PSEi) opened higher, consolidated its gains and ended near its high above the 2100 level.

PSEi previous close - 2061.05 (April 29)

open: 2086.15 (+25.10)
high: 2106.85 (+45.80)
close: 2103.50 (+42.45 or +2.06%)

Value turnover: PhP 2.450 bn
Cross transactions: PhP 982 mn
Block Sales: 204,755 shs ETEL @ PhP 438.183 = PhP 89.720 mn
----------------237,335 shs SM @ PhP 236.69 = PhP 56.175 mn
----------------2,964,249,721 SMB shs =@ PhP 8.84 = PhP 26.206 bn

Advancers 67
Decliners 28
Unchanged 48

Sectoral Indices.
Financial +3.02%
Property +2.66%
Industrial +1.85%
Holdings +1.60%
Services +1.19%
M-O +0.38%

The Day's Top Gainers:
IRCB: PhP 0.90; +20.00%
EURO: PhP 1.98; +12.50%
HP: PhP 3.00; +9.09%

The Day's Biggest Decliners:
PAL: PhP 2.55; -15.00%
BSC: PhP 0.13; -13.33%
UNI: PhP 0.07; -12.50%

At mid-day:
Asian equities markets were mostly up.
The Philippine Peso was at PhP 48.418 vs US$ 1.00.


CLOSING PRICES OF SELECT STOCKS (as of April 30, 2009):
ABA: PhP 0.95
ALI: PhP 6.40
DGTL: PhP 1.08
EDC: PhP 3.60
EIBA: PHP 0.21
FLI: PhP 0.57
GEO: PhP 0.43
GOB: PhP 0.17
JOH: PhP 1.00
LOTO: PhP 9.30
MEG: PhP 0.70
MPI: PhP 3.25
MUSX: PhP 0.0825
PAX: PhP 0.80
PX: PhP 5.40
SPH: PhP 2.90
SUN: PhP 0.26
TA: PhP 0.87
UW: PhP 0.75
WEB: PhP 0.045