The Philippine Stock Market - September 23, 2009

Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) Summary
Index Value: 9,829.87
Trade Time: Sept 22
Change: Up 51.01 (+0.52%)
Prev Close: 9,778.86
Open: 9,779.61
Day's Range: 9,771.91 - 9,843.40

After consolidating the past trading days, the local equities market opened strong and susained its rise throughout the session. The Philippine Stock Exchange Index (PSEi) broke above the 2800 level convincingly.

PSEi prevoius close - 2784.78 (Sept 22)

open: 2807.56 (+22.78)
high: 2847.23 (+62.45)
close: 2842.51 (+57.73 or +2.07%)

Value turnover: PhP 3.343 bn
Cross transactions: PhP 1.197 bn

Advancers 60
Decliners 39
Unchanged 52

Sectoral Indices:
Property +3.30%
Industrial +3.23%
Services +1.90%
Financial +1.09%
Holdings +0.41%
M-O +0.099%

The Day's Top Gainers:
PEC: PhP 24.50; +46.27%
PECB: PhP 24.00; +14.29%
ION: PhP 1.32; +10.00%

The Day's Biggest Decliners:
MVC: PhP 0.60; -13.04%
ARA: PhP 0.37; -9.76%
UW: PhP 0.10; -9.09%

At mid-day:
Asian equities markets were mostly down.
The Philippine Peso was at PhP 47.361 vs US$ 1.00.


CLOSING PRICES OF SELECT STOCKS (as of September 23, 2009):
ABA: PhP 0.94
AGI: PhP 4.70
ALI: PhP 11.25
CYBR: PhP 0.60
DGTL: PhP 1.40
EDC: PhP 4.75
EIBA: PHP 0.26
GEO: PhP 0.92
GOB: PhP 0.17
JOH: PhP 1.50
MPI: PhP 3.30
MUSX: PhP 0.13
PX: PhP 9.70
SFI: PhP 0.16
SPH: PhP 3.35
SUN: PhP 0.45
TA: PhP 1.18
UW: PhP 0.10