The Daily Manila Shimbun

 

Stocks end slightly higher

November 20, 2017



Stocks closed slightly higher on Monday, as the Philippine Stock Exchange index ended 10.90 points higher to 8,321.91.

In the broader market, there were 122 decliners, 80 gainers and 42 unchanged  Volume reached 3.65 billion shares worth P5.601 billion.

Among most actively traded shares were SM Investment Corp., 1.53 percent to P9.80; BDO, up 1.71 percent to P148.70 and PXP Energy Corp up 9.13 percent to P9.80.

The peso closed at P50.79 against the US dollar from P50.95. Volume at the Philippine Dealing System reached $577.10 million from $719.60 million. DMS