The Philippine Stock Market - October 26, 2009

The local equities market had a roller-coaster ride just above the 2900 level. The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSEi) closed near its high slightly above yesterday's close.

PSEi previous close - 2932.99 (Oct. 23)

open: 2938.25 (+5.93)
low: 2922.55 (-10.44)
high: 2942.28 (+9.29)
close: 2941.53 (+8.54 or +0.29%)

Advancers 62
Decliners 45
Unchanged 57

Value turnover: PhP 2.904 bn
Cross transactions: PhP 712 mn
Block Sales: 1,398,100 PTC shs @ PhP 50.00 = PhP 69.905 mn
--------------19,400,000 RLC shs @ PhP 12.00 = PhP 232.800 mn

Sectoral Indices:
M-O +3.04%
Industrial +1.04%
Holdings +0.89%
Financial -0.06%
Property -0.21%
Services -0.60%

The Day's Top Gainers:
MVC: PhP 0.90; +50.00%
ABB: PhP 12.00; +48.15%
PRIM: PhP 2.60; +47.73%

The Day's Biggest Decliners:
IRC: PhP 0.75; -12.79%
PECB: PhP 14.00; -12.50%
AB: PhP 46.50; -12.26%

At mid-day:
Asian equities markets were mostly higher.
The Philippine Peso was at PhP 46.953 vs US$ 1.00.


CLOSING PRICES OF SELECT STOCKS (as of October 26, 2009):
ABA: PhP 0.85
AGI: PhP 4.60
CYBR: PhP 0.54
DGTL: PhP 1.42
EDC: PhP 4.10
EIBA: PHP 0.26
GEO: PhP 0.88
GOB: PhP 0.17
JOH: PhP 1.50
MPI: PhP 3.55
MUSX: PhP 0.125
PX: PhP 10.00
SFI: PhP 0.175
SPH: PhP 3.30
SUN: PhP 0.65
TA: PhP 1.12
UW: PhP 0.12