The Philippine Stock Market - October 12, 2009

The local equities market had an erratic trading movement today. The Philippine Stock Exchange Index (PSEi) was up in the early part but then sentiment reversed and it even ended in negative territory

PSEi previous close - 2942.78 (Oct. 09)

open: 2944.51 (+1.73)
high: 2966.25 (+23.47)
low: 2925.29 (-17.49)
close: 2930.97 (-11.81 or -0.40%)

Advancers 33
Decliners 75
Unchanged 59

Value turnover: PhP 2.247 bn
Cross transactions: PhP 614 mn

Sectoral Indices:
Property -1.36%
Financial -1.31%
Holdings -0.61%
M-O -0.50%
Industrial +0.01%
Services +0.21%

The Day's Top Gainers:
MRAY: PhP 3.00; +50.00%
MHC: PhP 0.34; +25.93%
TDY: PhP 3.25; +25.00%

The Day's Biggest Decliners:
ACR: PhP 0.52; -16.13%
TELV: PhP 10.50; -8.70%
TELQ: PhP 10.50; -8.70%

At mid-day:
Asian equities markets were mostly lower.
The Philippine Peso was at PhP 46.589 vs US$ 1.00.


CLOSING PRICES OF SELECT STOCKS (as of October 12, 2009):
ABA: PhP 0.91
AGI: PhP 4.85
CYBR: PhP 0.57
DGTL: PhP 1.50
EDC: PhP 4.75
EIBA: PHP 0.26
GEO: PhP 0.82
GOB: PhP 0.17
JOH: PhP 1.90
MPI: PhP 3.60
MUSX: PhP 0.115
PX: PhP 9.10
SFI: PhP 0.155
SPH: PhP 3.20
SUN: PhP 0.44
TA: PhP 1.12
UW: PhP 0.11