The Philippine Stock Market - August 26, 2009

Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) Summary
Index Value: 9,539.29
Trade Time: August 25
Change: Up 30.01 (+0.32%)
Prev Close: 9,539.29
Open: 9,509.21
Day's Range: 9,508.98 - 9,620.00

The local equities market traded today in a narrow range with an upward bias. The Philippine Stock Exchange Index (PSEi) closed little changed.

PSEi previous close - 2858.15 (August 25)

open: 2873.29 (+15.14)
high: 2881.83 (+23.68)
close: 2863.53 (+5.38 or +0.19%)

Value turnover: PhP 3.420 bn
Cross transactions: PhP 1.206 bn
Block Sale: 61,870 CHIB shs @ PhP 375.00 = PhP 23.201 mn

Advancers 87
Decliners 26
Unchanged 57

Sectoral Indices:
Property +2.44%
Holdings +0.91%
Financial +0.67%
M-O +0.57%
Services -0.29%
Industral -0.48%

The Day's Top Gainers:
ALCO: PhP 0.215; +48.28%
EVER: PhP 0.145; +26.09%
UW: PhP 0.12; +20.00%

The Day's Biggest Decliners:
PECB: PhP 10..50; -6.67%
ALHI: PhP 6.80; -5.56%
MER: PhP 204.00; -4.67%

At mid-day:
Asian equities markets were mostly higher.
The Philippine Peso was at PhP 48.681 vs US$ 1.00.


CLOSING PRICES OF SELECT STOCKS (as of August 26, 2009):
ABA: PhP 0.90
ALI: PhP 10.25
CYBR: PhP 0.70
DGTL: PhP 1.50
EDC: PhP 4.45
EIBA: PHP 0.26
GEO: PhP 0.78
GOB: PhP 0.17
JOH: PhP 2.00
LOTO: PhP 11.00
MPI: PhP 6.00
MUSX: PhP 0.125
PX: PhP 10.25
SFI: PhP 0.165
SPH: PhP 3.00
SUN: PhP 0.45
TA: PhP 1.04
UW: PhP 0.12