PH Stocks Climb Further, PSEi Breaches 6700

Manila—(PHStocks)—Philippine stocks continued their climb Monday, 21 April, on upbeat market sentiment.

The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) jumped by 1.44% or 96.33 points after a long market break due to Lent. All counters ended higher, led by the Services sector (+2.22%) and the Property segment (2.21%). The wider All Shares index went up by 1.26%.

Volume turnover reached 1.49 billion shares valued at PhP8.78 billion. Foreign buying was PhP4.72 billion and foreign selling, PhP3.55 billion, for a net buy of PhP1.17 billion. There were 123 gainers against 54 losers, while 39 stocks were flat.

Top most active in terms of value:

1. SM Investments Corp. (PSE: SM): PhP738.00, 1.51%
2. Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PSE: TEL): PhP2,900.00, 3.57%
3. SM Prime Holdings Inc. (PSE: SMPH): PhP16.62, 3.88%
4. Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co. (PSE: MBT): PhP86.10, 3.24%
5. Ayala Land Inc. (PSE: ALI): PhP30.95, 1.81%
6. BDO Unibank Inc. (PSE: BDO): PhP88.75, 0.45%
7. Megaworld Corp. (PSE: MEG): PhP4.47, 2.05%
8. Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc. (PSE: AEV): PhP58.05, 0.26%
9. Alliance Global Group Inc. (PSE: AGI): PhP29.45, 0.86%
10. Universal Robina Corp. (PSE: URC): PhP146.00, 0.41%

Top gainers:

1. Liberty Flour Mills Inc. (PSE: LFM): PhP70.00, 29.63%
2. Manila Bulletin Publishing Corp. (PSE: MB): PhP1.42, 18.33%
3. Ionics Inc. (PSE: ION): PhP0.58, 13.73%
4. Lorenzo Shipping Corp. (PSE: LSC): PhP1.64, 10.81%
5. Keppel Philippine Holdings Inc. “B” (PSE: KPHB): PhP5.40, 9.09%
6. Asian Terminals Inc. (PSE: ATI): PhP11.30, 8.45%
7. Acesite (Philippines) Hotel Corp. (PSE: ACE): PhP1.29, 8.40%
8. Alsons Consolidated Resources Inc. (PSE: ACR): PhP1.60, 8.11%
9. Cebu Property Venture & Development “A” (PSE: CPV): PhP5.40, 8.00%
10. Trans-Asia Oil and Energy Development Corp. (PSE: TA): PhP2.41, 7.11%
11. Manila Mining Corp. “A” (PSE: MA): PhP0.017, 6.25%
12. iRipple Inc. (PSE: RPL): PhP19.90, 5.85%
13. Manila Mining Corp. “B” (PSE: MAB): PhP0.019, 5.56%
14. Solid Group Inc. (PSE: SGI): PhP1.55, 5.44%
15. Suntrust Home Developers Inc. (PSE: SUN): PhP1.41, 5.22%
16. Medco Holdings Inc. (PSE: MED): PhP0.31, 5.08%
17. Premiere Horizon Alliance Corp. (PSE: PHA): PhP0.44, 4.76%
18. LT Group Inc. (PSE: LTG): PhP18.38, 4.67%
19. Pancake House Inc. (PSE: PCKH): PhP23.00, 4.55%
20. Roxas Holdings Inc. (PSE: ROX): PhP7.30, 4.43%

Top losers:

1. Greenergy Holdings Inc. (PSE: GREEN): PhP0.01, -9.09%
2. Keppel Philippine Holdings Inc. “A” (PSE: KPH): PhP4.50, -6.25%
3. Waterfront Philippines Inc. (PSE: WPI): PhP0.32, -5.88%
4. Philippine Bank of Communications (PSE: PBC): PhP64.50, -5.08%
5. Philippine Estates Corp. (PSE: PHES): PhP0.35, -4.11%
6. Megaworld Corp. WARRANTS1 (PSE: MEGW1): PhP3.30, -3.23%
7. PetroEnergy Resources Corp. (PSE: PERC): PhP5.42, -3.21%
8. NextStage Inc. (PSE: NXT): PhP2.99, -2.92%
9. South China Resources Inc. (PSE: SOC): PhP1.04, -2.80%
10. GMA Network Inc. (PSE: GMA7): PhP7.77, -2.51%
11. China Banking Corp. (PSE: CHIB): PhP58.60, -2.50%
12. Integrated Micro-Electronics Inc. (PSE: IMI): PhP4.00, -2.44%
13. Pacifica Inc. (PSE: PA): PhP0.041, -2.38%
14. Prime Media Holdings Inc. (PSE: PRIM): PhP1.66, -2.35%
15. Abra Mining & Industrial Corp. (PSE: AR): PhP0.0048, -2.04%
16. Crown Equities Inc. (PSE: CEI): PhP0.097, -2.02%
17. Arthaland Corp. (PSE: ALCO): PhP0.199   -1.97%
18. AbaCore Capital Holdings Inc. (PSE: ABA): PhP0.51, -1.92%
19. Harbor Star Shipping Services Inc. (PSE: TUGS): PhP1.74, -1.69%
20. Concrete Aggregates Corp. “A” (PSE: CA): PhP59.00, -1.67%