PH Stocks Retreat on Selloff

Manila—(PHStocks)—Philippine stocks ended their eight-day rally Monday, 27 January, as investor cashed in on their gains.

The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) shed 1.77% or 109.89 points to close at 6,081.61. All counters were in the red. The biggest losing segment was the Holding Firms sector, which dropped by 2.41%. The Financials slid by 1.6%, while the Industrials fell by 1.56%. The All Shares index retreated by 1.52%.

Volume turnover reached 2.7 billion, valued at PhP6.8 billion. Foreign buying was PhP3.28 billion while foreign selling reached PhP4.82 billion. There were 26 gainers against 139 decliners, while 39 stocks were flat.

Top most active in terms of value:

1. Ayala Land Inc. (PSE: ALI): PhP27.10, -1.63%
2. Alliance Global Group Inc. (PSE: AGI): PhP26.90, -0.92%
3. Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PSE: TEL): PhP2,710.00, -1.38%
4. SM Prime Holdings Inc. (PSE: SMPH): PhP14.66, -0.95%
5. SM Investments Corp. (PSE: SM): PhP703.50, -2.63%
6. BDO Unibank Inc. (PSE: BDO): PhP80.25, -1.83%
7. Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co. (PSE: MBT): PhP76.80, -2.78%
8. Universal Robina Corp. (PSE: URC): PhP122.60, -1.37%
9. GT Capital Holdings Inc. (PSE: GTCAP): PhP770.00, -1.28%
10. Robinsons Land Corp. (PSE: RLC): PhP20.00, -1.48%

Top gainers:

1. MRC Allied Inc. (PSE: MRC): PhP0.118, 11.32%
2. NextStage Inc. (PSE: NXT): PhP3.78, 10.85%
3. Asia Amalgamated Holdings (PSE: AAA): PhP1.98, 7.03%
4. Republic Glass Holdings Corp. (PSE: REG): PhP2.61, 6.1%
5. 2GO Group Inc. (PSE: 2GO): PhP1.90, 5.56%
6. Primex Corp. (PSE: PRMX): PhP3.39, 5.28%
7. Medco Holdings Inc. (PSE: MED): PhP0.233, 3.56%
8. COL Financial Group Inc. (PSE: COL): PhP16.34, 2.90%
9. Starmalls Inc. (PSE: STR): PhP3.51, 2.63%
10. Arthaland Corp. (PSE: ALCO): PhP0.20, 2.56%
11. Bankard Inc. (PSE: BKD): PhP2.04, 2%
12. Apex Mining Company Inc. “A” (PSE: APX): PhP2.04, 2%
13. Agrinurture Inc. (PSE: ANI): PhP5.19, 1.96%
14. Union Bank of the Philippines (PSE: UBP): PhP127.00, 1.93%
15. The Philippine Stock Exchange Inc. (PSE: PSE): PhP303.60, 1.2%
16. East West Banking Corp. (PSE: EW): PhP24.55, 1.03%
17. DFNN Inc. (PSE: DFNN): PhP5.10, 0.99%
18. Acesite (Philippines) Hotel Corp. (PSE: ACE): PhP1.05, 0.96%
19. Robinsons Retail Holdings Inc. (RRHI): PhP58.85, 0.94%
20. Philex Petroleum Corp. (PSE: PXP): PhP8.15, 0.87%

Top losers:

1. Lorenzo Shipping Corp. (PSE: LSC): PhP1.30, -18.75%
2. iRipple Inc. (PSE: RPL): PhP10.50, -9.95%
3. Prime Orion Philippines Inc. (PSE: POPI): PhP0.41, -8.89%
4. Greenergy Holdings Inc. (PSE: GREEN): PhP0.011, -8.33%
5. United Paragon Mining Corp. (PSE: UPM): PhP0.012, -7.69%
6. Manila Jockey Club Inc. (PSE: MJC): PhP1.85, -7.50%
7. Pacifica Inc. (PSE: PA): PhP0.043, -6.52%
8. Basic Energy Corp. (PSE: BSC): PhP0.245, -5.77%
9. Citystate Savings Bank Inc. (PSE: CSB): PhP13.98, -5.41%
10. Oriental Peninsula Resources Group Inc. (PSE: ORE): PhP1.70, -5.03%
11. Manila Mining Corp. “B” (PSE: MAB): PhP0.022, -4.35%
12. Energy Development Corp. (PSE: EDC): PhP5.12, -4.3%
13. JG Summit Holdings Inc. (PSE: JGS): PhP40.05, -4.19%
14. ABS-CBN Holdings Corp. – Phil. Deposit Receipts (PSE: ABSP): PhP28.30, -4.07%
15. Nihao Mineral Resources International Inc. (PSE: NI): PhP2.41, -3.98%
16. Araneta Properties Inc. (PSE: ARA): PhP1.46, -3.95%
17. Cyber Bay Corp. (PSE: CYBR): PhP0.51, -3.77%
18. PAL Holdings Inc. (PSE: PAL): PhP5.60, -3.45%
19. Cosco Capital Inc. (PSE: COSCO): PhP7.94, -3.41%
20. Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (PSE: MPI): PhP4.30, -3.37%