PH Stocks on Slow Climb

PHStocks 09/09/2013 0 Comments Alliance Select, APC Group, Asia Amalgamated, Ayala, Ayala Land, BCB, BDO, Benguet, Calata, CDC, Cityland, iRipple, ISM Communications, JFC, Jollibee, Manila Electric, MBT, MERALCO, Metrobank, Nextstage, Oriental Peninsula, PAcifica, Philippine Realty, PLDT, Prime Media, RFM, Rockwell, Shang, SM Investments, SM Prime, SMPH, Suntrust, Swift Foods, United Paragon, Universal Robina, URC, Victorias Milling

Manila—(PHStocks)—Philippine stocks continued their rally Monday, 9 September, albeit at a minimal rate. The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) gained 0.38% or 22.42 points to 5,997.04 – slightly up from Friday’s 0.26% gain.

All counters are in the green, led by the Industrials, which posted a 0.69% gain. The Holding Firms segment followed with a 0.66% increase, while the Mining and Oil sector went up by 0.56%. The wider All Shares index edged higher by 0.38%.

Trading was moderate. Value turnover reached PhP5.4 billion on 759 million shares traded. According to PSE data, foreign buying reached PhP3.48 billion while foreign selling reached PhP3.22 billion. There were 89 gainers today against 53 losers, while 32 stocks were flat.

Today’s top most active stocks include Ayala Land Inc. (ALI, PhP24.85, -0.60%), SM Investments Corp. (SM, PhP699.00, 1.01%), Ayala Corp. (AC, PhP540.00, 0.93%), Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (TEL, PhP2,812.00, 0.07%), Universal Robina Corp. (URC, PhP121.80, 1.58%), Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company (MBT, PhP78.00, -0.13%), Manila Electric Company (MER, PhP271.40, 2.26%), BDO Unibank Inc. (BDO, PhP72.50, 0.69%), Jollibee Foods Corp. (JFC, PhP165.00, 0.30%), and SM Prime Holdings Inc. (SMPH, PhP16.26, 0.62%).