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Foreign Exchange Rate
April 8, 2025
usd
1 USD = 57.2970
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jpy
JPY
0.3879
gbp
GBP
72.9334
hkd
HKD
7.3763
chf
CHF
66.6554
CAD
CAD
40.2366
SGD
SGD
42.3732
AUD
AUD
34.3037
BHD
BHD
152.0137
Currency Peso Equivalent
SAR
SAR
15.2613
BND
BND
42.2171
IDR
IDR
0.0034
JPY
THB
1.6503
AED
AED
15.6008
EUR
EUR
62.5397
KRW
KRW
0.0390
CNY
CNY
7.8253
Index Report
Market CLOSED: Apr 8, 2025 3:29 PM
Index
Value
Chng%
PSEi
6,006.34
3.15
All Shares
3,582.80
2.46
Financials
2,370.54
4.04
Industrial
8,438.05
3.17
Holding Firms
4,890.07
1.11
Services
1,916.38
5.51
Mining and Oil
8,714.54
1.8
Property
2,158.07
0.23

Industries

Meralco sees possible hike in power rates for April

MANILA, Philippines – Customers of power distributor Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) may have to brace for higher electricity bills this month due to a possible rise in generation and transmission...

Finance

Defiant Trump dismisses stock market's tariff plunge

WASHINGTON, United States — President Donald Trump goaded China on Friday after the US’s chief economic rival retaliated against his tariffs. Trump dismissed falling stock markets over the growing global trade...

Consumer & Retail

Gas, kerosene price rollback set April 8; diesel unchanged

Gas, kerosene price rollback set April 8; diesel unchanged

MANILA, Philippines — Motorists can see a small break from rising oil prices this week as fuel retailers will implement a rollback for gasoline and…

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Philippine Airlines eyes prepandemic pax count

MANILA, Philippines – Flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) is gearing up to achieve prepandemic passenger volume this year with the expansion of routes and aircraft…

Foreign News

Negotiate not retaliate: Philippines open to cut tariffs on US imports

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines is open to the possibility of bringing down the tariffs on American goods coming to the country in a bid…

Economy

EU greenlights first set of tariffs hitting back at US

BRUSSELS, Belgium – The European Union on Wednesday adopted its first measures hitting back at President Donald Trump’s tariff onslaught, targeting more than 20 billion…

Communications

Asia and European shares sink as US tariffs take effect

Asian and European shares slid on Wednesday, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 dipping more than 5 percent, as the latest set of US tariffs including a…

Industry Movements

Veco Paper chief named FFCCCII president

MANILA, Philippines — The Federation of Filipino Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (FFCCCII) named industrialist Victor Lim as its new president. Lim was…

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