PSE Index Up But Still Short Of Milestone Level

The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) index today rose late in trading but still fell short of topping a new milestone level to close at 6,981.24 points, up by 20.35 points or 0.29 percent.

Photo Insert: The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) Index, October 5 , 2021

The early sell down, however, resulted in more losers than gainers, 106 to 84, with 58 shares unchanged the optimism remaining the same on the index piercing the resistance level of 7,010 points as the closing index was at its highest point.

Two sub-indices were down financials by 0.47 percent, and property by 0.10 percent, while the gainers were industrials, up by 0.60 percent, holding firms, by 0.43 percent, services, by 1.005 percent, and mining and oil, by 0.38 percent.

Value traded amounted to p6.56 billion with Monde as the most active with trades of P390 million as it closed 10 centavos down to p18.95, followed by Aboitiz Power, which declined by 15 centavos to p29.40 on trades of P224 million.

Converge was up by 40 centavos to P40.40, while Semirara Mining again rise by 40 centavos to p24.35. AC energy was unchanged at P11.92.

The other gainers include MREIT, up 20 centavos to p17.60, Robinsons retail, by p2.15 to P57.40, Manila Water by 30 centavos to p20.10, and Emperador by 10 centavos to p1818.

Among the losers were Ayala Land, down 15 centavos to p32.60, ICTSI by p2.40 to p193, BDO Unibank by 50 centavos to P112.50.

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