PH Stocks Recover Slightly

Manila—(PHStocks)—The Philippine stock market was up for a second day on window dressing and bargain hunting,

The mainboard Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) went up by 0.7% or 43.93 points to close the week at 6359.62 – slightly up from last week’s finish of 6,339.26, but down from Monday’s (24 March) close of 6,400.67.

Except for the Financials, which shed 0.14%, all counters were in the green, led by the Property sector’s 1.59% gain. The wider All Shares index rose by 0.55%.

Value turnover reached PhP9.3 billion on 1.5 billion shares traded. There were 82 gainers against 60 losers, while 52 stocks were flat.

Top most active in terms of value:

1. BDO Unibank Inc. (PSE: BDO): PhP83.95, 1.27%
2. Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PSE: TEL): PhP2,728.00, 0.44%
3. Petron Corp. (PSE: PCOR): PhP11.70, NC
4. International Container Terminal Services Inc. (PSE: ICT): PhP108.00, 3.05%
5. GT Capital Holdings Inc. (PSE: GTCAP): PhP790.00, -1%
6. Bank of the Philippine Islands (PSE: BPI): PhP85.25, -1.45%
7. SM Investments Corp. (PSE: SM): PhP694.50, 0.94%
8. SM Prime Holdings Inc. (PSE: SMPH): PhP14.34, -0.69%
9. Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co. (PSE: MBT): PhP78.05, -1.20%
10. Ayala Corp. (PSE: AC): PhP565.50, -0.26%

Top gainers:

1. Roxas and Co. Inc. (PSE: RCI): PhP3.39, 37.25%
2. Nihao Mineral Resources International Inc. (PSE: NI): PhP2.61, 18.10%
3. Premiere Horizon Alliance Corp. (PSE: PHA): PhP0.365, 8.96%
4. Mabuhay Holdings Corp. (PSE: MHC): PhP0.67, 6.35%
5. Del Monte Pacific Limited (PSE: DMPL): PhP23.65, 6.05%
6. LMG Chemicals Corp. (PSE: LMG): PhP3.60, 4.96%
7. Unioil Resources & Holdings Co. Inc. (PSE: UNI): PhP0.22, 4.76%
8. Yehey! Corp. (PSE: YEHEY): PhP1.20, 4.35%
9. ATN Holdings Inc. “B” (PSE: ATNB): PhP1.93, 4.32%
10. Ayala Land Inc. (PSE: ALI): PhP29.60, 4.04%
11. EEI Corp. (PSE: EEI): PhP11.10, 3.74%
12. Filipino Fund Inc. (PSE: FFI): PhP8.19, 3.67%
13. Asia Amalgamated Holdings (PSE: AAA): PhP1.78, 3.49%
14. Bankard Inc. (PSE: BKD): PhP2.38, 3.48%
15. Cyber Bay Corp. (PSE: CYBR): PhP0.60, 3.45%
16. San Miguel Corp. (PSE: SMC): PhP76.00, 3.40%
17. Victorias Milling Co. Inc. (PSE: VMC): PhP3.80, 3.26%
18. International Container Terminal Services Inc. (PSE: ICT): PhP108.00, 3.05%
19. San Miguel Pure Foods Co. Inc. (PSE: PF): PhP265.00, 2.79%
20. Philippine National Bank (PSE: PNB): PhP81.95, 2.44%

Top losers:

1. Central Azucarera De Tarlac (PSE: CAT): PhP28.50, -22.97%
2. Sun Life Financial Inc. (PSE: SLF): PhP1,400.00, -7.59%
3. IP E-Game Ventures Inc. (PSE: EG): PhP0.013, -7.14%
4. Oriental Petroleum and Minerals Corp. “B” (PSE: OPMB): PhP0.018, -5.26%
5. Ever-Gotesco Resources & Holdings Inc. (PSE: EVER): PhP0.23, -4.17%
6. 8990 Holdings Inc. (PSE: HOUSE): PhP6.70, -4.01%
7. Starmalls Inc. (PSE: STR): PhP3.39, -3.97%
8. Abra Mining & Industrial Corp. (PSE: AR): PhP0.005, -3.85%
9. RFM Corp. (PSE: RFM): PhP5.47, -3.19%
10. Holcim Philippines Inc. (PSE: HLCM): PhP12.82, -2.88%
11. Basic Energy Corp. (PSE: BSC): PhP0.242, -2.81%
12. The Philodrill Corporation (PSE: OV): PhP0.035, -2.78%
13. ATN Holdings Inc. “A” (PSE: ATN): PhP1.86, -2.62%
14. AG Finance Inc. (PSE: AGF): PhP3.36, -2.61%
15. Pacifica Inc. (PSE: PA): PhP0.039, -2.5%
16. Anglo Philippine Holdings Corp. (PSE: APO): PhP1.76, -2.22%
17. Asiabest Group International Inc. (PSE: ABG): PhP11.00, -1.79%
18. Republic Glass Holdings Corp. (PSE: REG): PhP2.41, -1.63%
19. Benguet Corp. “B” (PSE: BCB): PhP7.19, -1.51%
20. Megawide Construction Corp. (PSE: MWIDE): PhP11.92, -1.49%