PSEi firms up above 7,100
THE LOCAL stock barometer firmed up on Tuesday to defy the downturn seen across the region, led by another day of strong rally by Globe Telecom.
The Philippine Stock Exchange index added 35.37 points or 0.5 percent to close at 7,148.26, aided by buying on selected large cap stocks. The index extended its winning streak for the sixth session.
The day’s gains were led by the services counter, which in turn led by Globe Telecom which rallied by 8.59 percent. It was the most actively traded stock as the market continued to price in the impact on an aborted Telstra-San Miguel Corp. alliance on competition in the local telecom industry.
The financial, industrial and holding firms also firmed up.
On the other hand, the mining/oil counter slipped by 1.03 percent while the property counter also declined.
Value turnover for the day amounted to P8.29 billion.
Despite the PSEi’s gain, market breadth was negative, with 101 decliners edging out 87 advancers while 47 stocks were unchanged.
SMIC and BPI also gained by over 1 percent while URC, SM Prime, MPI, JG Summit and AGI also firmed up.
Outside of the PSEi, the notable gainers included DoubleDragon (+4.4 percent), Melco Crown (+3.17 percent) and RRHI (+1.43 percent).
ALI, AC and Petron all declined by over 1 percent. Metrobank and BDO also slipped.
Puregold also declined by 1.46 percent while Security Bank also slipped by 0.06 percent.
