The Philippine Stock Market - May 06, 2009

Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) Summary
Index Value: 8,410.65
Trade Time: May 5
Change: Down 16.09 (-0.19%)
Prev Close: 8,426.74
Open: 8,425.55
Day's Range: 8,362.78 - 8,458.12

WallStreet was unable to provide any leads and the local equities market posted slight gains for the day. The Philippine Stock Exchange Index (PSEi) traded in a narrow range with an upward bias as it just hovered above the 2200 level.

PSEi previous close - 2197.20 (May 5)

time---------up-----------PSEi
9:31--------5.99---------2203.20
9:36--------8.24
9:38-------12.77
9:43-------13.64
9:44-------14.36

9:48--------9.81
10:03------11.39
10:08------12.24
10:10------13.53

10:16-------4.95
10:27-------7.28
10:43------12.76
11:07------19.72--------2216.92 (day's high)

11:27------13.23
11:29------10.70
11:36-------7.17
11:38-------5.18
11:53-------4.20

11:58-------7.15
12:01-------9.03-------2206.23 (+0.41%)
Market Close.

Value turnover: PhP 3.499 bn
Cross transactions: PhP 1.054 bn
Block Sale: 60,655,000 shs PGPI @ PhP 7.50 = PhP 454.912 mn

Advancers 67
Decliners 41
Unchanged 39

Sectoral Indices.
Holdings +1.58%
Property +0.99%
Industrial +0.57%
Financial +0.32%
M-O -0.24%
Services -0.29%

The Day's Top Gainers:
BLFI: PhP 1.35; +46.24%
FPI: PhP 0.15; +36.36%
WIN: PhP 0.15; +25.00%

The Day's Biggest Decliners:
IRC: PhP 0.60; -14.29%
BSC: PhP 0.14; -12.50%
MED: PhP 0.145; -12.12%

At mid-day:
Asian equities markets were mostly higher.
The Philippine Peso was at PhP 48.006 vs US$ 1.00

CLOSING PRICES OF SELECT STOCKS (as of May 06, 2009):
ABA: PhP 0.95
ALI: PhP 7.00
DGTL: PhP 1.10
EDC: PhP 3.85
EIBA: PHP 0.235
FLI: PhP 0.63
GEO: PhP 0.47
GOB: PhP 0.17
JOH: PhP 1.00
LOTO: PhP 9.80
MEG: PhP 0.89
MPI: PhP 3.30
MUSX: PhP 0.0825
PAX: PhP 0.85
PX: PhP 5.80
SPH: PhP 3.15
SUN: PhP 0.26
TA: PhP 0.88
UW: PhP 0.07
WEB: PhP 0.044