PH Stocks Sustain Rally, Breach 6,000

Manila—(PHStocks)—Philippine stocks were up for the fourth straight session despite thin trading.

The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) closed 0.31% or 18.51 points higher to 6,005.6, breaching the 6,000 level for the first time this year.

All counters are in the green, led by the Mining and Oil index, which gained 2.25%. The Financials was a far second, posting a 0.55%. The wider All Shares index meanwhile edged higher by 0.14%.

Volume turnover reached 1.27 billion shares valued at PhP4.31 billion. Foreign buying was PhP2.57 billion while foreign selling reached PhP2.34 billion. There were 90 gainers against 70 losers, while 40 stocks remained flat.

Top most active:

1. BDO Unibank Inc. (PSE: BDO): PhP72.30, 0.07%
2. Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PSE: TEL): PhP2,694.00, 0.6%
3. Ayala Land Inc. (PSE: ALI): PhP26.75, 1.13%
4. SM Investments Corp. (PSE: SM): PhP711.50, 0.35%
5. SM Prime Holdings Inc. (PSE: SMPH): PhP14.20, -1.8%
6. Megaworld Corp. (PSE: MEG): PhP3.59, 1.99%
7. Nickel Asia Corp. (PSE: NIKL): PhP17.46, 1.51%
8. Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co. (PSE: MBT): PhP76.65, 0.33%
9. Ayala Corp. (PSE: AC): PhP540.00, 0.47%
10. Emperador Inc. (PSE: EMP): PhP11.70, 0.17%
11. LT Group Inc. (PSE: LTG): PhP17.16, -0.81%
12. Puregold Price Club Inc. (PSE: PGOLD): PhP38.85, -0.38%
13. Universal Robina Corp. (PSE: URC): PhP122.50, 0.57%
14. Alliance Global Group Inc. (PSE: AGI): PhP26.05, -1.33%
15. DMCI Holdings Inc. (PSE: DMC): PhP57.50, -0.78%
16. Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. (PSE: RCB): PhP43.15, NC
17. International Container Terminal Services Inc. (PSE: ICT): PhP96.40, -0.21%
18. Vista Land & Lifescapes Inc. (PSE: VLL): PhP5.21, -0.57%
19. D&L Industries Inc. (PSE: DNL): PhP6.82, 0.44%
20. San Miguel Corporation Series “2” Preferred Shares – Subseries “2-A” (PSE: SMC2A): PhP76.05, 0.07%

Top gainers:

1. NextStage Inc. (PSE: NXT): PhP3.21, 50%
2. Filipino Fund Inc. (PSE: FFI): PhP18.00, 20%
3. Seafront Resources Corp. (PSE: SPM): PhP1.80, 19.21%
4. Manila Mining Corp. “B” (PSE: MAB): PhP0.02, 17.65%
5. Panasonic Manufacturing Philippines Corp. (PSE: PMPC): PhP6.29, 14.36%
6. Manila Mining Corp. “A” (PSE: MA): PhP0.017, 13.33%
7. United Paragon Mining Corp. (PSE: UPM): PhP0.011, 10.00%
8. Chemical Industries of the Philippines (PSE: CIP): PhP140.00, 7.69%
9. Lepanto Consolidated Mining Co. “A” (PSE: LC): PhP0.41, 6.49%
10. Lepanto Consolidated Mining Co. “B” (PSE: LCB): PhP0.41, 5.13%
11. House of Investments Inc. (PSE: HI): PhP6.57, 5.12%
12. Pacifica Inc. (PSE: PA): PhP0.042, 5%
13. Philex Mining Corp. (PSE: PX): PhP9.09, 4.6%
14. Manila Bulletin Publishing Corp. (PSE: MB): PhP0.71, 4.41%
15. LMG Chemicals Corp. (PSE: LMG): PhP3.80, 4.11%
16. Vulcan Industrial & Mining (PSE: VUL): PhP1.48, 3.50%
17. Top Frontier Investment Holdings Inc. (PSE: TFHI): PhP77.50, 3.47%
18. Sinophil Corp. (PSE: SINO): PhP0.30, 3.45%
19. Solid Group Inc. (PSE: SGI): PhP1.25, 3.31%
20. Trans-Asia Oil and Energy Development Corp. (PSE: TA): PhP1.91, 3.24%

Top losers:

1. Benguet Corp. “A” (PSE: BC): PhP6.80, -15.84%
2. Leisure and Resorts World Corp. Warrants (PSE: LRW): PhP0.335, -12.99%
3. MacroAsia Corp. (PSE: MAC): PhP3.05, -12.86%
4. Oriental Petroleum and Minerals Corp. “B” (PSE: OPMB): PhP0.018, -10.00%
5. Cebu Property Venture & Development “A” (PSE: CPV): PhP4.60, -8%
6. ATN Holdings Inc. “A” (PSE: ATN): PhP1.16, -7.94%
7. Megaworld Corp. WARRANTS1 (PSE: MEGW1): PhP2.34, -7.87%
8. I-Remit Inc. (PSE: I): PhP2.68, -5.63%
9. Prime Media Holdings Inc. (PSE: PRIM): PhP1.87, -5.56%
10. Ginebra San Miguel Inc. (PSE: GSMI): PhP19.80, -5.26%
11. Medco Holdings Inc. (PSE: MED): PhP0.211, -4.95%
12. Araneta Properties Inc. (PSE: ARA): PhP1.57, -4.27%
13. Benguet Corp. “B” (PSE: BCB): PhP7.00, -4.11%
14. Manulife Financial Corp. (PSE: MFC): PhP800.00, -3.61%
15. AG Finance Inc. (PSE: AGF): PhP2.70, -3.57%
16. A Brown Co. Inc. (PSE: BRN): PhP1.09, -3.54%
17. Cosco Capital Inc. (PSE: COSCO): PhP8.40, -3.23%
18. Euro-Med Laboratories Philippines Inc. (PSE: EURO): PhP1.55, -3.13%
19. Cebu Holdings Inc. (PSE: CHI): PhP5.70, -2.90%
20. Southeast Asia Cement Holdings Inc. (PSE: CMT): PhP1.16, -2.52%