The Philippine Stock Market - August 19, 2009

Dow Jones Industrial Average(DJIA) Summary
Index Value: 9,217.94
Trade Time: August 18
Change: Up 82.60 (+0.90%)
Prev Close: 9,135.34
Open: 9,134.36
Day's Range: 9,134.36 - 9,233.51

The local equities market rebounded today as WallStreet also bounced back. The Philippine Stock Exchange Index (PSEi) advances by more than 1.00%.

PSEi prevous close - 2731.55 (August 18)

open: 2747.01 (+15.46)
high: 2774.91 (+43.36)
close: 2760.89 (+29.34 or +1.07%)

Value turnover: PhP 3.005 bn
Cross transactions: PhP 811 mn
Block Sales: 45,070 TEL shs @ PhP 2410.00
----------------21,900 TEL shs @ PhP 2405.00
---------------------------Total: PhP 161.288 mn

Advancers 89
Decliners 22
Unchanged 47

The Day's Top Gainers:
PO: PhP 3.50; +16.67%
RLT: PhP 0.43; +16.22%
PRC: PhP 2.60; +13.04%

The Day's Biggest Decliners:
TDY: PhP 3.20; -8.57%
ALCO: PhP 0.135; -6.90%
SUN: PhP 0.44; -6.38%

Sectoral Indices were up across-the-board:
M-O +3.47%
Property +2.39%
Services +1.44%
Holdings +1.08%
Industrial +0.60%
Financial +0.30%

At mid-day:
Asian equiities markets were mixed but mostly lower.
The Philippine Peso was at PhP 48.344 vs US 1.00.



CLOSING PRICES OF SELECT STOCKS (as of August 19, 2009):
ABA: PhP 0.92
ALI: PhP 9.70
CYBR: PhP 0.72
DGTL: PhP 1.52
EDC: PhP 4.35
EIBA: PHP 0.26
GEO: PhP 0.76
GOB: PhP 0.17
JOH: PhP 1.90
LOTO: PhP 10.50
MPI: PhP 5.80
MUSX: PhP 0.12
PX: PhP 10.25
SFI: PhP 0.155
SPH: PhP 2.85
SUN: PhP 0.44
TA: PhP 1.04
UW: PhP 0.11