The Philippine Stock Market - October 20, 2009

Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) Summary
Index Value: 10,092.19
Trade Time: Oct 19
Change: Up 96.28 (+0.96%)
Prev Close: 9,995.91
Open: 9,996.67
Day's Range: 9,995.15 - 10,117.96

The local equities market opened strong because of the nearly hundred point advance in WallStreet. The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSEi) however gave back most of its gains as it remains in a consolidation mode in a range above the 2900 level.

PSEi previous close - 2932.20 (Oct. 19)

open: 2948.37 (+16.17)
high: 2969.46 (+37.26)
close: 2945.26 (+13.06 or +0.45%)

Advancers 41
Decliners 57
Unchanged 67

Value turnover: PhP 4.237 bn
Cross transactions: PhP 1.590 bn
Block Sale: 49,980,000 CEU shs @ PhP 7.70 = PhP 384.846 mn
---------------15,000 TEL shs @ PhP 2568.47 = PhP 38.527 mn

Sectoral Indices:
Financial +1.46%
Industrial +0.87%
Services +0.22%
Property -0.35%
M-O -0.37%
Holdings -0.42%

The Day's Top Gainers:
AB: PhP 47.00; +49.51%
ALCO: PhP 0.27; +45.95%
MHC: PhP 0.48; +14.29%

The Day's Biggest Decliners:
BC: PhP 12.00; -12.73%
MRC: PhP 0.39; -7.14%
OM: PhP 0.0080; -5.88%

At mid-day:
Asian equities markets were mostly higher.
The Philippine Peso was at PhP 46.528 vs US$ 1.00.


CLOSING PRICES OF SELECT STOCKS (as of October 20, 2009):
ABA: PhP 0.86
AGI: PhP 4.60
CYBR: PhP 0.55
DGTL: PhP 1.44
EDC: PhP 4.85
EIBA: PHP 0.26
GEO: PhP 0.83
GOB: PhP 0.17
JOH: PhP 1.78
MPI: PhP 3.50
MUSX: PhP 0.125
PX: PhP 9.00
SFI: PhP 0.155
SPH: PhP 3.15
SUN: PhP 0.48
TA: PhP 1.10
UW: PhP 0.115