The Philippine Stock Market - September 8, 2009

WallStreet was closed for a holiday yesterday.

The local equities market resumed trading today after yesterday (Sept. 7) was also declared a holiday. The Philippine Stock Exchange Index (PSEi) traded with a positive bias and ended with modest gains.

Philippine August Inflation was at 0.1% in August. This is lower than the 0.2% in July.


PSEi previous close - 2830.99 (Sept 4)

open: 2848.85 (+17.86)
high: 2858.33 (+27.34)
close: 2852.48 (+21.49 or +0.76%)

Value turnover: PhP 2.656 bn
Cross transactions: PhP 855 mn

Advancers 61
Decliners 37
Unchanged 66

Sectoral Indices.
Property +1.41%
Industrial +1.35%
Services +0.59%
Financial +0.52%
Holdings +0.41%
M-O -0.29%

The Day's Top Gainers:
IS: PhP 0.085; +21.43%
PA: PhP 0.10; +21.21%
MIC: PhP 5.10; +17.24%

The Day's Biggest Decliners:
ION: PhP 1.22; -8.96%
HP: PhP 2.75; -8.33%
DIZ: PhP 4.15; -7.78%

At mid-day:
Asian equities markets were mostly higher.
The Philippine Peso was at PhP 48.444 vs US$ 1.00.


CLOSING PRICES OF SELECT STOCKS (as of September 8, 2009):
ABA: PhP 0.94
AGI: PhP 4.75
ALI: PhP 10.75
CYBR: PhP 0.69
DGTL: PhP 1.46
EDC: PhP 4.90
EIBA: PHP 0.26
GEO: PhP 0.91
GOB: PhP 0.17
JOH: PhP 1.50
LOTO: PhP 11.00
MPI: PhP 5.70
MUSX: PhP 0.125
PX: PhP 10.50
SFI: PhP 0.16
SPH: PhP 3.20
SUN: PhP 0.49
TA: PhP 1.20
UW: PhP 0.105