{"id":143897,"date":"2018-01-05T00:45:33","date_gmt":"2018-01-05T05:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=143897"},"modified":"2018-01-05T00:45:33","modified_gmt":"2018-01-05T05:45:33","slug":"psei-surges-anew-peso-slightly-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/01\/05\/psei-surges-anew-peso-slightly-down\/","title":{"rendered":"PSEi surges anew; peso slightly down"},"content":{"rendered":"

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FILE: The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) (Photo by Katrina.Tuliao (https:\/\/www.tradergroup.org) [CC BY 2.0)<\/figcaption><\/figure>MANILA \u2014 The Philippines\u2019 main equities index sustained improvement on Thursday\u00a0 while the peso displays a little change as investors continue to have positive outlook of the domestic economy.<\/p>\n

The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) rose\u00a0 0.18 percent, or 15.70 points, to 8,739.83 points, which a trader pointed to positive sentiment in the market.<\/p>\n

First Metro Investment Corp. (FMIC) projects the main index to hit 9,400-level this year, to be boosted property, banks, conglomerates among others.<\/p>\n

The good turn-out of the main index was tracked by the broader All Shares, which rose 0.10 percent, or 5.10 points, to 5,059.75 points.<\/p>\n

It was, however, a mix among the sectoral gauges with Holding Firms, Financials, and Industrial increasing by 0.68 percent, 0.51 percent, and 0.40 percent, respectively.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, Services declined by 1.12 percent followed by Mining and Oil, 0.60 percent, and Property, 0.35 percent.<\/p>\n

Volume for the day rose to 1.03 billion shares amounting to PHP9.2 billion.<\/p>\n

Losers led gainers at 121 to 86 while 47 shares were unchanged.<\/p>\n

The peso ended the week\u2019s second trading day at 49.82 from the more than six-month high of 49.81 in the previous session.<\/p>\n

It opened the trading weaker at 49.90 from day-ago\u2019s 49.80.<\/p>\n

It traded between 49.93 and 49.805, resulting to an average of 49.879.<\/p>\n

Volume for the day amounted to USD519.25 million, lower than the previous day\u2019s USD634.2 million.<\/p>\n

The currency pair is seen to trade between 49.80 and 50.00 Friday. (PNA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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