The Philippine Stock Market - August 12, 2009

The DJIA declined overnight by 96.50 points to close at 9241.45.

The local equities market declined as WallStreet lost almost a hundred points. The Philippine Stock Exchange Index (PSEi) is still consolidating at the 2800-2900 level.

PSEi previous close - 2860.54 (August 11)

open: 2843.02 (-17.52)
high: 2817.95 (-42.59)
close: 2828.52 (-32.02 or -1.12%)

Value turnover: PhP 2.861 bn
Cross transactions: PhP 796 mn

Advancers 33
Decliners 67
Unchanged 65

Sectoral Indices:
Industrial -2.32%
Holdings -1.73%
M-O -1.43%
Property -1.22%
Services -0.11%
Financial +0.28%

The Day's Top Gainers:
ISM: PhP 0.038; +22.58%
AMC: PhP 5.40; +12.50%
JOH: PhP 1.80; +12.50%

The Day's Biggest Decliners:
MVC: PhP 0.50; -24.24%
DHC: PhP 7.60; -10.59%
AR: PhP 0.0050; -9.09%

At mid-day:
Asian equities markets were down.
The Philippine Peso was at PhP 47.874 vs US$ 1.00.


CLOSING PRICES OF SELECT STOCKS (as of August 12, 2009):
ABA: PhP 0.92
ALI: PhP 9.40
CYBR: PhP 0.71
DGTL: PhP 1.40
EDC: PhP 4.50
EIBA: PHP 0.26
GEO: PhP 0.80
GOB: PhP 0.17
JOH: PhP 1.80
LOTO: PhP 10.50
MPI: PhP 6.00
MUSX: PhP 0.12
PX: PhP 10.75
SFI: PhP 0.155
SPH: PhP 2.90
SUN: PhP 0.46
TA: PhP 1.04
UW: PhP 0.11