The Philippine Stock Market - November 23, 2009

The local equities market opens higher but closes at its day's low. The Philippine Stock Exchange Index (PSEi) continues to consolidate at the 3000-3100 level. Value turnover is again relatively thinner.

PSEi previous close - 3068.73 (Nov. 20)

open: 3071.64 (+2.91)
high: 3072.55 (+3.82)
low / close: 3048.00 (-20.73 or -0.68%)

Advancers 46
Decliners 55
Unchanged 63

Value turnover: PhP 2.826 bn
Cross transactions: PhP 1.142 bn
Block Sales: 18410 TEL shs @ PhP 2545
---------------21360 TEL shs @ PhP 2550
-----------------------Total: PhP 101.321 mn

Sectoral Indices:
Industrial -1.39%
Property -1.34%
Financial -0.85%
Holdings -0.80%
Services -0.11%
M-O +3.32%

The Day's Top Gainers:
AAA: PhP 0.54; +38.46%
PO: PhP 3.35; +21.82%
JOH: PhP 2.46; +17.14%

The Day's Biggest Decliners:
PGPI: PhP 23.00; -17.86%
FED: PhP 12.00; -11.11%
SLI: PhP 0.79; -10.23%

At mid-day:
Asian equities markets were mostly mixed to lower.
The Philippine Peso was at PhP 46.984 vs US$ 1.00.


CLOSING PRICES OF SELECT STOCKS (as of November 23, 2009):
ABA: PhP 0.89
AGI: PhP 4.30
CYBR: PhP 0.54
DGTL: PhP 1.34
EDC: PhP 4.05
EIBA: PHP 0.26
GEO: PhP 0.88
GOB: PhP 0.17
JOH: PhP 2.46
MPI: PhP 2.65
MUSX: PhP 0.13
SFI: PhP 0.155
SPH: PhP 3.55
SUN: PhP 0.52
TA: PhP 1.14
UW: PhP 0.13