PHStocks Exclusive: Top 50 Stock Price Gainers in August
Manila—(PHStocks)—Despite the “Hungry Ghost Month” superstition in stock market trading, there are still those no-nonsense investors who have gone into the market and acquired shares of these companies—boosting their stock prices for the month.
Of course, news about the country’s 6.4% GDP growth for the second quarter of the year helped increase investor confidence, propelling the market higher.
Without further ado, below are the top 50 stock price gainers for the month of August:
1. Island Information and Technology Inc.(PSE: IS): PhP0.147, 250%
2. Marcventures Holdings Inc. (PSE: MARC): PhP6.64, 30.2%
3. Paxys Inc. (PSE: PAX): PhP3.13, 28.28%
4. Bright Kindle Resources & Investments Inc. (PSE: BKR): PhP3.30, 27.4%
5. Energy Development Corp. (PSE: EDC): PhP7.27, 18.4%
6. Pacifica Inc. (PSE: PA): PhP0.047, 17.5%
7. MRC Allied Inc. (PSE: MRC): PhP0.114, 16.33%
8. Leisure & Resorts World Corp. (PSE: LR): PhP7.71, 15.07%
9. Semirara Mining Corp. (PSE: SCC): PhP405.00, 15.06%
10. Integrated Micro-Electronics Inc. (PSE: IMI): PhP6.95, 13.9%
11. Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PSE: TEL): PhP3,450.00, 13.11%
12. PhilWeb Corp. (PSE: WEB): PhP5.17, 12.15%
13. Manila Water Co. Inc. (PSE: MWC): PhP30.00, 11.9%
14. First Philippine Holdings Corp. (PSE: FPH): PhP79.00, 9.72%
15. Nickel Asia Corp. (PSE: NIKL): PhP39.50, 9.72%
16. DMCI Holdings Inc. (PSE: DMC): PhP80.00, 9.5%
17. Vivant Corp. (PSE: VVT): PhP12.00, 9.09%
18. Cebu Air Inc. (PSE: CEB): PhP62.40, 8.9%
19. First Gen Corp. (PSE: FGEN): PhP24.10, 8.3%
20. Vulcan Industrial & Mining (PSE: VUL): PhP1.62, 8%
21. Crown Equities Inc. (PSE: CEI): PhP0.149, 7.97%
22. PetroEnergy Resources Corp. (PSE: PERC): PhP7.36, 7.92%
23. Basic Energy Corp. (PSE: BSC): PhP0.305, 7.02%
24. Prime Orion Philippines Inc. (PSE: POPI): PhP0.61, 7.02%
25. Ayala Corp. (PSE: AC): PhP700.50, 6.46%
26. Premiere Horizon Alliance Corp. (PSE: PHA): PhP0.495, 6.45%
27. Filinvest Land Inc. (PSE: FLI): PhP1.55, 6.16%
28. Ayala Land Inc. (PSE: ALI): PhP33.00, 5.94%
29. Benguet Corp. “A” (PSE: BC): PhP10.80, 5.88%
30. Medco Holdings Inc. (PSE: MED): PhP0.36, 5.88%
31. Lopez Holdings Corp. (PSE: LPZ): PhP5.60, 5.86%
32. Liberty Flour Mills Inc. (PSE: LFM): PhP63.50, 5.83%
33. GT Capital Holdings Inc. (PSE: GTCAP): PhP940.00, 5.62%
34. SM Prime Holdings Inc. (PSE: SMPH): PhP16.18, 5.61%
35. Security Bank Corp. (PSE: SECB): PhP126.60, 5.5%
36. APC Group Inc. (PSE: APC): PhP0.88, 4.76%
37. Atlas Consolidated Mining and Development Corp. (PSE: AT): PhP16.84, 4.73%
38. Philippine Seven Corp. (PSE: SEVN): PhP91.00, 4.6%
39. Globe Telecom Inc. (PSE: GLO): PhP1,800.00, 3.75%
40. Sinophil Corp. (PSE: SINO): PhP1.67, 3.73%
41. Liberty Telecoms Holdings Inc. (PSE: LIB): PhP2.30, 3.6%
42. Vista Land & Lifescapes Inc. (PSE: VLL): PhP6.07, 3.4%
43. House of Investments Inc. (PSE: HI): PhP6.10, 3.39%
44. Panasonic Manufacturing Philippines Corp. (PSE: PMPC): PhP3.95, 3.13%
45. Megaworld Corp. (PSE: MEG): PhP4.37, 2.8%
46. D&L Industries Inc. (PSE: DNL): PhP11.20, 2.75%
47. PAL Holdings Inc. (PSE: PAL): PhP5.60, 2.75%
48. ATN Holdings Inc. “B” (PSE: ATNB): PhP3.00, 2.74%
49. Victorias Milling Co. Inc. (PSE: VMC): PhP4.51, 2.7%
50. ABS-CBN Corp. (PSE: ABS): PhP38.70, 2.65%