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Stocks down despite foreign buying

June 13, 2017

Stocks fell on Tuesday after a trading holiday on Monday due to Independence Day but foreigners were still buying shares. The Philippine Stock Exchange index declined 72.35 points to end at 7,917.89. In the broader market, there were 132 decliners,

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San Miguel entering stock brokerage business

San Miguel entering stock brokerage business

June 13, 2017

San Miguel Corp. will enter the stock brokerage business as its stock transfer unit will establish a 100 percent owned subsidiary, the firm said in a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange on Tuesday. The stock transfer firm is called

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Foreign direct investments Increase by 30.6% in March: central bank

Foreign direct investments Increase by 30.6% in March: central bank

June 13, 2017

Foreign direct investments (FDI) registered $509 million net inflows in March 2017, higher by 30.6 percent than the $390 million recorded in the comparable period in 2016, the central bank said in a statement Tuesday. On a cumulative basis, FDI

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Infra buildup crucial to economic inclusion – DOF

June 11, 2017

The Duterte administration’s “Golden Age of Infrastructure” will not only sustain the Philippines’ growth momentum, but would also create more jobs and thereby lead to economic inclusion for all Filipinos, according to Department of Finance (DOF) Secretary Carlos Dominguez III. “One of our

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Stock index tops 8,000 points, but closes lower

Stock index tops 8,000 points, but closes lower

June 9, 2017

Stocks briefly hit new highs on Friday but the Philippine Stock Exchange index settled below 8,000 points. The index finished at 7,990.24 points, up 31.61. It was at 8,001.70 points after it gained 43.07 points an hour and a half

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Consumer confidence at all-time high for second quarter: central bank

Consumer confidence at all-time high for second quarter: central bank

June 9, 2017

Consumers’ optimism improved for the second quarter as the central bank said Friday overall confidence index climbed to a double-digit record high of 13.1 percent. This is the fourth consecutive quarter that consumer confidence a positive reading, the central bank

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Exports up 12.1 percent in April

June 9, 2017

Total trade in April grew  to $11.7 billion with a 12.1 percent growth in exports offsetting a 0.1 percent in imports, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said Friday.. “For exports, East Asia and the EU remain the top destinations of

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Stock index falls below 8,000 points

Stock index falls below 8,000 points

June 8, 2017

Stocks retreated from its high-water mark on Thursday as the key index finished below 8,000 points. The Philippine Stock Exchange index closed 43.69 points lower to 7,958.63 points. Volume reached 1.29 billion shares worth P9.23 billion. Foreigners were net buyers

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