The Philippine Stock Market - September 25, 2009

Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) Summary
Index Value: 9,707.44
Trade Time: Sept 24
Change: Down 41.11 (-0.42%)
Prev Close: 9,748.55
Open: 9,749.99
Day's Range: 9,666.03 - 9,805.39


The DJIA again declined as it continued its drop from late in the session the other day.

The local equities market opened lower and was down throughout the trading day. The Philippine Stock Exchange Index (PSEi) however, got back some of its losses and holds above the 2800 level.

PSEi previous close - 2837.34 (Sept. 24)

open: 2822.45 (-14.89)
low: 2801.43 (-35.91)
close: 2821.34 (-16.00 or -0.56%)

Advancers 29
Decliners 64
Unchanged 53

Value turnover: PhP 2.800 bn
Cross transactions: PhP 929 mn

Sectoral Indices:
M-O -1.71%
Financial -0.96%
Property -0.96%
Industrial -0.77%
Services -0.31%
Holdings +0.35%

The Day's Top Gainers:
REG: PhP 1.50; +36.36%
ATRK: PhP 4.00; +35.59%
PGPI: PhP 11.75; +23.68%

The Day's Biggest Decliners:
UPM: PhP 0.0080; -11.11%
OPM: PhP 0.016; -5.88%
ATN: PhP 3.60; -4.00%

At mid-day:
Asian equities markets were mostly down.
The Philippine Peso was at PhP 47.428 vs US$ 1.00.


CLOSING PRICES OF SELECT STOCKS (as of September 25, 2009):
ABA: PhP 0.93
AGI: PhP 4.70
ALI: PhP 11.50
CYBR: PhP 0.58
DGTL: PhP 1.40
EDC: PhP 4.60
EIBA: PHP 0.26
GEO: PhP 0.91
GOB: PhP 0.17
JOH: PhP 1.50
MPI: PhP 3.30
MUSX: PhP 0.13
PX: PhP 9.20
SFI: PhP 0.16
SPH: PhP 3.20
SUN: PhP 0.44
TA: PhP 1.14
UW: PhP 0.115