Profit Taking Pulls Back PH Stocks

Manila—(PHStocks)—Philippine stocks were back in the red as investors took whatever profits they could from yesterday’s rebound.

The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) slid by 0.82% or 48.97 points to close at 5,937.51 today, 9 January. The biggest decliners included the Financials sector (-2.06%) and the Property index (-1.11%). The Mining and Oil sector ended its four-day rally, shedding 0.42%. The broader All-Shares index lost 0.67%. Nevertheless, the Services sector managed to finish in the green, gaining 0.21%.

Value turnover reached PhP5 billion on 1 billion traded shares. Foreign buying was PhP2.89 billion while foreign selling reached PhP2.77 billion. There were 48 gainers against 93 losers, while 49 stocks were flat.

Top most active stocks in terms of value:

1. Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co. (PSE: MBT): PhP73.90, -5.01%
2. International Container Terminal Services Inc. (PSE: ICT): PhP97.00, -2.51%
3. Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PSE: TEL): PhP2,694.00, 0.97%
4. SM Prime Holdings Inc. (PSE: SMPH): PhP14.50, -1.23%
5. Universal Robina Corp. (PSE: URC): PhP119.30, 0.51%
6. Ayala Land Inc. (PSE: ALI): PhP25.80, -1.15%
7. Megaworld Corp. (PSE: MEG): PhP3.30, -2.37%
8. SM Investments Corp. (PSE: SM): PhP702.00, -1.61%
9. Ayala Corp. (PSE: AC): PhP525.00, -1.04%
10. Manila Electric Co. (PSE: MER): PhP254.60, -3.19%
11. Robinsons Land Corp. (PSE: RLC): PhP20.60, -0.24%
12. BDO Unibank Inc. (PSE: BDO): PhP70.55, -2.76%
13. Bank of the Philippine Islands (PSE: BPI): PhP86.15, -1.32%
14. LT Group Inc. (PSE: LTG): PhP15.22, 1.33%
15. Alliance Global Group Inc. (PSE: AGI): PhP26.05, 0.19%
16. Jollibee Foods Corp.  (PSE: JFC): PhP169.00, -0.29%
17. Globe Telecom Inc. (PSE: GLO): PhP1,638.00, 2.06%
18. GT Capital Holdings Inc. (PSE: GTCAP): PhP759.50, -0.98%
19. Bloomberry Resorts Corp. (PSE: BLOOM): PhP9.01, -0.11%
20. DMCI Holdings Inc. (PSE: DMC): PhP56.50, 0.71%

Top gainers:

1. Pacifica Inc. (PSE: PA): PhP0.038, 26.67%
2. Leisure and Resorts World Corp. Warrants (PSE: LRW): PhP0.32, 14.29%
3. Century Peak Metals Holdings Corp. (PSE: CPM): PhP0.60, 9.09%
4. IP E-Game Ventures Inc. (PSE: EG): PhP0.013, 8.33%
5. 2GO Group Inc. (PSE: 2GO): PhP1.84, 8.24%
6. Primex Corp. (PSE: PRMX): PhP3.21, 7%
7. Nihao Mineral Resources International Inc. (PSE: NI): PhP2.11, 5.5%
8. Nickel Asia Corp. (PSE: NIKL): PhP16.06, 4.83%
9. Megawide Construction Corp. (PSE: MWIDE): PhP12.58, 3.11%
10. Minerales Industrias Corp. (PSE: MIC): PhP5.25, 2.94%
11. Starmalls Inc. (PSE: STR): PhP3.55, 2.9%
12. Sun Life Financial Inc. (PSE: SLF): PhP1,375.00, 2.61%
13. Pacific Online Systems Corp. (PSE: LOTO): PhP16.00, 2.56%
14. Suntrust Home Developers Inc. (PSE: SUN): PhP0.95, 2.15%
15. Araneta Properties Inc. (PSE: ARA): PhP1.46, 2.1%
16. Globe Telecom Inc. (PSE: GLO): PhP1,638.00, 2.06%
17. BDO Leasing & Finance Inc. (PSE: BLFI): PhP2.00, 2.04%
18. Manulife Financial Corp. (PSE: MFC): PhP805.00, 2.03%
19. Cyber Bay Corp. (PSE: CYBR): PhP0.51, 2%
20. Paxys Inc. (PSE: PAX): PhP2.20, 1.85%

Top decliners:

1. Roxas and Co. Inc. (PSE: RCI): PhP3.20, -18.16%
2. ATN Holdings Inc. “A” (PSE: ATN): PhP1.16, -12.12%
3. Agrinurture Inc. (PSE: ANI): PhP5.05, -9.01%
4. Medco Holdings Inc. (PSE: MED): PhP0.236, -7.45%
5. ATN Holdings Inc. “B” (PSE: ATNB): PhP1.18, -7.09%
6. Anchor Land Holdings Inc. (PSE: ALHI): PhP13.02, -7%
7. Manila Mining Corp. “A” (PSE: MA): PhP0.015, -6.25%
8. Manila Mining Corp. “B” (PSE: MAB): PhP0.018, -5.26%
9. Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co. (PSE: MBT): PhP73.90, -5.01%
10. Filipino Fund Inc. (PSE: FFI): PhP16.00, -4.76%
11. MacroAsia Corp. (PSE: MAC): PhP3.40, -4.49%
12. Marcventures Holdings Inc. (PSE: MARC): PhP3.16, -4.24%
13. Concepcion Industrial Corp. (PSE: CIC): PhP23.00, -4.17%
14. Filinvest Development Corp. (PSE: FDC): PhP4.25, -3.85%
15. Philippine Business Bank (PSE: PBB): PhP22.50, -3.85%
16. House of Investments Inc. (PSE: HI): PhP6.34, -3.65%
17. RFM Corp. (PSE: RFM): PhP5.60, -3.45%
18. IRC Properties Inc. (PSE: IRC): PhP1.42, -3.4%
19. Swift Foods Inc. (PSE: SFI): PhP0.12, -3.23%
20. Manila Electric Co. (PSE: MER): PhP254.60, -3.19%