{"id":278760,"date":"2020-12-16T00:54:30","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T05:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=278760"},"modified":"2020-12-16T01:03:35","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T06:03:35","slug":"stocks-slip-peso-closes-almost-unchanged-vs-dollar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/12\/16\/stocks-slip-peso-closes-almost-unchanged-vs-dollar\/","title":{"rendered":"Stocks slip; peso closes almost unchanged vs. dollar"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_215161\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-215161\" style=\"width: 1279px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/bank-notes-banknotes-cash-164560.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-215161\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/bank-notes-banknotes-cash-164560.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1279\" height=\"839\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/bank-notes-banknotes-cash-164560.jpg 1279w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/bank-notes-banknotes-cash-164560-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/bank-notes-banknotes-cash-164560-768x504.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/bank-notes-banknotes-cash-164560-1024x672.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1279px) 100vw, 1279px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-215161\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Most other indexes trailed the main gauge, with All Shares declining by 0.40 percent, or 17.50 points, to 4,321.73 points. (Pexels photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Concerns on the stimulus measures being discussed in the US along with coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccine distribution ended Philippine Stock Exchange index&#8217;s (PSEi) three-day rally but the peso ended sideways against the greenback.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The main equities index shed 0.74 percent, or 53.62 points, to 7,227.73 points.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Most other indexes trailed the main gauge, with All Shares declining by 0.40 percent, or 17.50 points, to 4,321.73 points.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Holding Firms index registered the biggest drop among the sectors with 1.13 percent and was followed by the Services, 0.89 percent; Industrial, 0.66 percent; Property, 0.35 percent; and Mining and Oil, 0.09 percent.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Financials is the only gainer for the day with a sideways rise of 0.05 percent.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Volume totaled 63.91 billion shares amounting to PHP10.13 billion.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Decliners surpassed advancers at 128 to 95, while 49 shares were unchanged.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Luis Limlingan, Regina Capital Development Corporation head of sales, said the rollout of the distribution of Covid-19 vaccines makes investors wary of the path of economic recovery.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Meanwhile, the peso ended the day sideways against the US dollar at 48.063 from 48.05 Monday.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">It opened the day at 48.06 and traded between 48.08 and 48.05.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Average level for the day stood at 48.059.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Volume reached USD 490.65 million, higher than the USD358.8 million a day ago.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 Concerns on the stimulus measures being discussed in the US along with coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccine distribution ended &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":215161,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-278760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","mauthors-joann-villanueva","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278760"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":278763,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278760\/revisions\/278763"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}