The Philippine Stock Market - November 9, 2009

The local equities market went into an erratic trading mode once again. The Philippine Stock Exchange Index (PSEi) opened lower, recovered and even touched positive territory; and then fell once again. It held above the 2900 level.

PSEi previous close - 2931.47 (Nov. 6)

open: 2909.80 (-21.67)
low: 2903.73 (-27.74)
high: 2931.93 (+0.46)
close: 2915.71 (-15.76 or -0.54%)

Advancers 63
Decliners 61
Unchanged 44

Value turnover: PhP 3.177 bn
Cross transactions: PhP 646 mn

Sectoral Indices:
Services -2.00%
Holdings -1.59%
Property -1.40%
Financial -0.20%
Industrial -0.06%
M-O +12.31%

The Day's Top Gainers:
UPM: PhP 0.011; +46.67%
SEVN: PhP 4.00; +37.93%
FED: PhP 11.75; +30.56%

The Day's Biggest Decliners:
IRC: PhP 0.65; -17.72%
AAA: PhP 0.60; -13.04%
FAF: PhP 0.62; -10.14%

At mid-day:
Asian equities markets were higher.
The Philippine Peso was at PhP 47.043 vs US$ 1.00.


CLOSING PRICES OF SELECT STOCKS (as of November 09, 2009):
ABA: PhP 0.94
AGI: PhP 4.20
CYBR: PhP 0.52
DGTL: PhP 1.38
EDC: PhP 4.15
EIBA: PHP 0.26
GEO: PhP 0.85
GOB: PhP 0.17
JOH: PhP 1.98
MPI: PhP 2.80
MUSX: PhP 0.12
SFI: PhP 0.16
SPH: PhP 3.50
SUN: PhP 0.53
TA: PhP 1.14
UW: PhP 0.135