The local stock market fell at the start of the week as investors brace for the announcement of the US October inflation report scheduled on Tuesday, Nov. 14.
The main index fell by 45.75 points or 0.74 percent closing at 6,116.14 with all sectoral indices incurring losses.
Total volume of shares traded amounted to 285 million worth 1.3 billion as losers outperform gainers 106 to 57 with 52 unchanged.
Philstocks Financial Assistant Research Manager Claire Alviar said “the local bourse fell this Monday as investors were in a wait-and-see mode, anticipating key events such as the US inflation rate, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) meeting, and the upcoming meeting between President Biden and President Xi Jinping.”
“Market participation was notably subdued, with a net market value turnover of only P1.29 billion. At least for this year, this was the lowest recorded net value turnover,” she noted.
Alviar also mentioned that the earnings results “did little to uplift optimism, with a mixed picture amid a challenging economic environment.”
The pessimistic outlook was influenced further by “the 0.3 percent drop in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) net inflow in August and Moody’s downgrade of its ratings outlook on the US government to negative from stable,” she added.