The local stock market remained positive despite negative outcomes from the international markets.
The main index increased by 3.28 points or 0.05 percent closing at 6,266.34, with the Holding Firms and Industrial sector indices taking hits.
The total volume of shares traded amounted to one billion valued at P5.3 billion as losers exceeded gainers 93 to 73 with 63 unchanged.
Philstocks Financial Assistant Research Manager Claire Alviar said that “despite the negative cues from Wall Street, the local bourse was able to stay in the green, amid bargain hunting as the market remained undervalued.”
“Moreover, net foreign buying worth P81.53 million helped lift the local market,” she added.
However, Alviar noted that “the market’s gain was trimmed at the last minute amid negative sentiment prevailing in international markets, particularly in Asia, where most indices were in the red.”
For Regina Capital Development Corporation Managing Director Luis Limlingan, “Philippine shares ended trading flat as investors digested the possible implications of the higher-than-expected U.S. CPI print on the global economy.”