The Philippine Stock Market - October 21, 2009

Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) Summary
Index Value: 10,041.48
Trade Time: Oct 20
Change: Down 50.71 (-0.50%)
Prev Close: 10,092.19
Open: 10,092.42
Day's Range: 9,992.81 - 10,098.39

The local equities market opened on the upside but soon strong declined together with the other asian equities markets. The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSEi) lost nearly 1.0% as it continues on its consolidation phase.

PSEi previous close - 2945.26 (Oct. 20)

open: 2950.31 (+5.05)
high: 2953.32 (+8.06)
low: 2915.37 (-29.89)
close: 2919.90 (-25.36 or -0.86%)

Advancers 26
Decliners 81
Unchanged 72

Value turnover: PhP 3.255 bn
Cross transactions: PhP 1.310 bn
Block Sale: 71,000 TEL shs @ PhP 2585.41 = PhP 183.564 mn

Sectoral Indices were lower across-the-board:
Holdings -2.53%
Financial -0.71%
Industrial -0.61%
M-O -0.43
Property -0.41%
Services -0.37%

The Day's Top Gainers:
AAA: PhP 0.20; +11.11%
APC: PhP 0.39; +5.41%
GSMI: PhP 20.00; +5.26%

The Day's Biggest Decliners:
MRAY: PhP 16.00; -33.33%
ALC0: PhP 0.215; -20.37%
JTH: PhP 1.32; -18.52%

At mid-day:
Asian equities markets were down.
The Philippine Peso weakened to PhP 47.010 vs US$ 1.00.


CLOSING PRICES OF SELECT STOCKS (as of October 21, 2009):
ABA: PhP 0.85
AGI: PhP 4.60
CYBR: PhP 0.54
DGTL: PhP 1.44
EDC: PhP 4.90
EIBA: PHP 0.26
GEO: PhP 0.83
GOB: PhP 0.17
JOH: PhP 1.78
MPI: PhP 3.40
MUSX: PhP 0.125
PX: PhP 9.10
SFI: PhP 0.155
SPH: PhP 3.15
SUN: PhP 0.48
TA: PhP 1.10
UW: PhP 0.105