PH Stocks on Slow Climb
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%).
Top gainers:
iRipple Inc. (PSE: RPL): PhP18.00, 20.48%
United Paragon Mining Corp. (PSE: UPM): PhP0.012, 9.09%
Swift Foods Inc. (PSE: SFI): PhP0.13, 8.33%
Prime Media Holdings Inc. (PSE: PRIM): PhP1.38, 6.15%
Oriental Peninsula Resources Group Inc. (PSE: ORE): PhP1.59, 6.00%
APC Group Inc. (PSE: APC): PhP0.77, 5.48%
Alliance Select Foods International Inc. (PSE: FOOD): PhP1.16, 5.45%
NextStage Inc. (PSE: NXT): PhP2.13, 5.45%
RFM Corp. (PSE: RFM): PhP4.75, 5.32%
Rockwell Land Corp. (PSE: ROCK): PhP1.81, 4.62%
Top losers:
Philippine Realty & Holdings Corporation (PSE: RLT): PhP0.415, -8.79%
Cityland Development Corp. (PSE: CDC): PhP1.01, -8.18%
Shang Properties Inc. (PSE: SHNG): PhP3.30, -5.71%
Victorias Milling Company Inc. (PSE: VMC): PhP1.58, -5.39%
Suntrust Home Developers Inc. (PSE: SUN): PhP1.51, -5.03%
Asia Amalgamated Holdings (PSE: AAA): PhP2.30, -4.17%
Benguet Corp. “B” (PSE: BCB): PhP8.20, -4.09%
Calata Corp. (PSE: CAL): PhP3.14, -3.09%
ISM Communications Corp. (PSE: ISM): PhP1.90, -3.06%
Pacifica Inc. (PSE: PA): PhP0.033, -2.94%