{"id":87958,"date":"2017-02-04T04:03:52","date_gmt":"2017-02-04T09:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=87958"},"modified":"2017-02-04T04:03:52","modified_gmt":"2017-02-04T09:03:52","slug":"psei-ends-3-day-loss-php-finishes-week-almost-unchanged-ahead-of-us-payrolls-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/02\/04\/psei-ends-3-day-loss-php-finishes-week-almost-unchanged-ahead-of-us-payrolls-report\/","title":{"rendered":"PSEi ends 3-day loss, PHP finishes week almost unchanged ahead of US payrolls report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_86485\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-86485\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/psei.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-86485\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/psei.jpg\" alt=\"Markets were cautious on Friday ahead of the release of US non-farm payrolls but the peso remained solid and the Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) ended its three-day slide. (Photo by Katrina.Tuliao (https:\/\/www.tradergroup.org) [CC BY 2.0)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/psei.jpg 640w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/psei-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-86485\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Markets were cautious on Friday ahead of the release of US non-farm payrolls but the peso remained solid and the Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) ended its three-day slide. (Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File%3APhilippine-stock-market-board.jpg\">Katrina.Tuliao (https:\/\/www.tradergroup.org) [CC BY 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>MANILA\u2014Markets were cautious on Friday ahead of the release of US non-farm payrolls but the peso remained solid and the Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) ended its three-day slide.<\/p>\n<p>The PSEi was almost flat after a gain of 0.01 percent, or 0.79 points, to 7,226.70 points.<\/p>\n<p>A trader said foreign selling was high but cited that positive vibe is also up during the day, thus, the main index was given a breather.<\/p>\n<p>All Shares climbed 0.21 percent, or 9.32 points, to 4,375.03 points.<\/p>\n<p>Services, Industrial, and Financials all posted increases of 0.90 percent, 0.74 percent, and 0.64 percent, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>However, Holding Firms lost 0.52 percent, Mining and Oil, 0.31 percent, and Property 0.19 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Volume reached 1.83 billion shares amounting to PHP5.67 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Losers led gainers at 103 to 81 while 48 shares were unchanged.<\/p>\n<p>The local currency finished the week at 49.78, little changed from the 49.75 a day ago.<\/p>\n<p>It opened the day at 49.80 from the previous session\u2019s 49.76, which a trader said was expected as markets took on a defensive stance as they await the non-farm payrolls report.<\/p>\n<p>The trader said foreign selling in the local bourse was also negative to the peso.<\/p>\n<p>The currency pair ranged between 49.85 and 49.76 bringing the day\u2019s average to 49.80.<\/p>\n<p>Volume of trade amounted to USD560.9 million, lower than the previous day\u2019s USD667.4 million.<\/p>\n<p>The currency pair is seen to trade between 49.50 and 49.90 next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u2014Markets were cautious on Friday ahead of the release of US non-farm payrolls but the peso remained solid and the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":86485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[12556],"class_list":["post-87958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-philippine-stock-exchange-index","mauthors-joann-santiago","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87958","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=87958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}