Stock index remains above 8,000-point mark

January 21, 2019

The Philippine Stock Exchange index reduced losses but ended lower and still above the 8,000-point mark on Monday.

But the peso slid against the US dollar, from P52.515 on Friday to P52.80. Volume at the foreign exchange portal of the Bankers Association of the Philippines reached $1.006 billion from

The index shed off 39.66 points to 8,007.46. In the broader market, there were 114 gainers, 86 decliners and 45 shares unchanged.

Volume reached 1.98 billion shares worth P5.67 billion from Friday's 1.86 billion shares valued at P8.44 billion.

Most active shares were led by SM Prime, up 1.27 percent to P39.90; Universal Robina Corp., up 0.77 percent to P144 and Ayala Corp., down 1.49 percent to P935. DMS