PSE Weekly Stock Market Update (Oct. 1-5)

The 25 basis points rate cut by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas last week pushed the Philippine Stock Exchange Index (PSEi) up week-on-week by 5.68%.

The bourse closed last week at 3,775.91, with total year-to-date returns of 26.6%.

Week-to-week and Year-to-Date (YTD, i.e., beginning of the year until this week) performances of the Philippine equity sectors are as follows:

(Legend:) Market Sector : Week's Closing ; 1-Week Change ; YTD change

• PSEi : 3,775.91 ; 5.68% ; 26.60%
• All Shares Index : 2,362.97 ;  6.12% ; 27.02%
• Financial Sector : 962.69 ; 5.96% ; 16.99%
• Industrial Sector : 4,685.35 ; 2.46% ; 18.90%
• Holding Firms Sector : 2,142.47 ; 5.38% ; 23.75%
• Property Sector : 1,742.93 ; 8.07% ; 38.14%
• Services Sector : 1,851.26 ; 6.36% ; 24.16%
• Mining and Oil Sector : 7,676.02 ; 4.12% ; 69.54%

Here are last week's top 10 gainers and losers.

Top 10 Gainers

1. ATOK BIG WEDGE COMPANY, INC. "A" (AB) – 9.20 ; 58.62%
2. PACIFICA, INC. "A" (PA) – 0.27 ; 42.11%
3. EAST ASIA POWER RESOURCES CORPORATION (PWR) – 0.38 ; 26.67%
4. FILINVEST DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (FDC) – 6.70 ; 24.07%
5. FEDERAL CHEMICALS, INC. (FED) – 10.50 ; 23.53%
6. MEGAWORLD CORPORATION (MEG) – 4.25 ; 23.19%
7. PAL HOLDINGS, INC (PAL) – 8.50 ; 23.19%
8. PHILIPPINE REALTY & HOLDINGS CORPORATION (RLT) – 0.62 ; 21.57%
9. MULTITECH INVESTMENTS CORPORATION (MIC) – 7.50 ; 20.97%
10. RIZAL COMMERCIAL BANKING CORPORATION (RCB) – 28.00 ; 20.43%

Top 10 Losers

1. CADP GROUP CORPORATION (CAC) – 1.52 ; (15.56%)
2. SEAFRONT RESOURCES CORPORATION (SPM) – 1.22 ; (12.86%)
3. PAXYS, INC. (PAX) – 11.25 ; (11.76%)
4. ALSONS CONSOLIDATED RESOURCES, INC. (ACR) – 0.86 ; (9.47%)
5. PRIME MEDIA HOLDINGS, INC. (PRIM) – 0.78 ; (8.24%)
6. JOLLIVILLE HOLDINGS CORPORATION (JOH) – 1.78 ; (6.32%)
7. FAR EASTERN UNIVERSITY, INC. (FEU) – 825.00 ; (6.25%)
8. ISM COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION (ISM) – 0.045 ; (6.25%)
9. LEPANTO CONSOLIDATED MINING COMPANY "A" (LC) – 0.34 ; (5.56%)
10. ARANETA PROPERTIES, INC. (ARA) – 0.71 ; (5.33%)

Legend: STOCK NAME (CODE) – Last Traded Price ; 1-Week % Change

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