The Philippine Stock Market - October 7, 2009

The DJIA advanced overnight by 131.50 points and closed at 9731.25.

The local equities market opened very strong and immediately broke its August 28, 2009 high at 2906.56. The Philippine Stock Exchange Index (PSEi) again closed at its high.

PSEi previous close - 2884.46 (Oct. 06)

open: 2919.35 (+34.89)
high / close: 2967.06 (+82.60 or +2.86%)

Advancers 87
Decliners 20
Unchanged 47

Value turnover: PhP 5.321 bn
Cross transactions: PhP 1.533 bn

Sectoral Indices were up across-the-board:
Services +3.46%
M-O +3.20%
Property +2.70%
Financial +2.55%
Industrial +2.27%
Holdings +1.56%

The Day's Top Gainers:
CPM: PhP 2.24; +49.33%
AAI: PhP 7.10; +47.92%
MED: PhP 0.33; +32.00%

The Day's Biggest Decliners:
CA: PhP 32.00; -28.89%
PECB: PhP 17.00; -10.53%
ATRK: PhP 2.80; -9.68%

At mid-day:
Asian equities markets were mostly higher.
The Philippine Peso was at PhP 46.677 vs US$ 1.00.


CLOSING PRICES OF SELECT STOCKS (as of October 07, 2009):
ABA: PhP 0.91
AGI: PhP 4.95
CYBR: PhP 0.53
DGTL: PhP 1.48
EDC: PhP 4.85
EIBA: PHP 0.26
GEO: PhP 0.86
GOB: PhP 0.17
JOH: PhP 1.50
MPI: PhP 3.55
MUSX: PhP 0.115
PX: PhP 9.10
SFI: PhP 0.16
SPH: PhP 3.20
SUN: PhP 0.42
TA: PhP 1.14
UW: PhP 0.105