Peso rises on news of improving consumer sentiment, house prices in US

By Michelle V. Remo

Philippine Daily Inquirer

10:57 pm | Wednesday, February 27th, 2013

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MANILA, Philippines—The peso inched up on Wednesday following reports of improving consumer sentiment and house prices in the United States.

The local currency closed at intraday high 40.705 against the US dollar, up by 5 centavos from the previous day’s finish of 40.755:$1.

Intraday low settled at 40.76:$1. Volume of trade reached $649.96 million from $696.9 million previously.

Traders said the appreciation of the peso and other emerging market-currency came after foreign exchange markets were informed of the better consumer sentiment in February and the increase in prices of houses in the United States in December.

Reports said the index measuring US consumer sentiment rose to 69.6 percent in February from 58.4 percent in January. Moreover, the index for property prices in key cities in the United States were reported to have jumped year-on-year by 6.8 percent in December, the fastest pace registered since July 2006.

An improvement in US economic indicators helps boost outlook of investors on the global economy, thereby lifting appetite for some emerging-market currencies and assets.

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NEA taps JICA expertise to reduce systems losses of power cooperatives

By Amy R. Remo

Philippine Daily Inquirer

7:17 pm | Wednesday, February 27th, 2013

MANILA, Philippines—The state-run National Electrification Administration has tapped Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for a technical cooperation project aimed at reducing systems losses and improving the operational efficiencies of electric cooperatives.

JICA also tapped the expertise of the Tokyo Electric Power Co. (Tepco) for the project entitled, “System Loss Reduction for Philippine Electric Cooperatives,” NEA said in a statement issued on Wednesday.

NEA stressed the significance of bringing down the systems losses—or power lost either in transmission through power lines or pilferage—as this would be a “comprehensive approach to mitigate the total amount of energy losses from power generation to distribution.” This will likewise bring down the cost of systems loss charges, which are being billed to end power consumers.

One of the key outputs of technical project was the “System Loss Reduction Manual,” which aims to develop the technical capability and planning strategies of both the NEA and the electric cooperatives, in reducing distribution system losses. This manual is being launched on Thursday, through a final workshop being conducted for about 80 electric cooperatives.

Takahiro Sasaki, chief representative of JICA Philippines, said he expected the project to serve as a means to attain the desired end of a better system loss management of local electric cooperatives.

“The manual and the forum are just tools to face the challenges of effective system loss management. Electric cooperatives should make extensive use of the manual to better manage their system losses for the benefit of the general public,” Sasaki said.

“We enjoin all electric cooperatives to make use of the Manual on System Loss Reduction to help them in their technical operation, thus ensuring the continuing reduction of their system losses,” added NEA Administrator Edita S. Bueno.

NEA previously established the System Loss Reduction Program (SLRP) through which the electric cooperatives’ system losses are closely monitored. On the national average, the system loss has always been within the cap of 13 percent as set by the Energy Regulatory Commission.

Currently, roughly 70 percent of the electric cooperatives have system losses below the 13-percent cap, while 19 other electric coops have posted single-digit system losses.

“With the System Loss Reduction Manual as a tool, more electric cooperatives are expected to reduce their losses and improve their technical performance,” the NEA added.

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Limay power plant to be expanded, converted for other types of fuel

By Amy R. Remo

Philippine Daily Inquirer

7:09 pm | Wednesday, February 27th, 2013

MANILA, Philippines—Local power firm Millennium Energy Inc. is looking to expand the 620-megawatt Limay combined cycle power plant in Bataan, and eventually convert the facility to run using fuel sources other than diesel.

In an interview with reporters, Millennium Energy president Miguel Jose C. Valencia explained that they had tapped a third party consultant to look into the feasibility of the expansion and conversion of the Limay power facility, which the company acquired from conglomerate San Miguel Corp. in 2011.

“The study is ongoing, in fact, since last year. Once we complete the study, then we’ll have more definitive timetable [for expansion and conversion],” Valencia said.

He, however, did not divulge details on the capacity being targeted for expansion and the fuel sources they have been eyeing for conversion. When asked about possible conversion to use natural gas, Valencia only noted that “the problem with [liquefied natural gas] is the supply and storage of supply. That costs a lot of capitalization.”

Should Millennium Energy proceed with these plans, the company is more inclined to do the projects on its own rather than take in new partners.

“Right now, there is no drive towards that direction [of taking in new partners]. There is no intention. So if ever we expand, it will be internally funded,” Valencia added.

For now, Millennium Energy is looking for ways to bring down the cost of fuel and therefore, the cost of power generated Limay, which is currently considered a “peaking plant.” The facility, in the past, has also been tapped as a “must-run unit” whenever power supply in Luzon became tight.

The high cost of diesel, which was needed to run the plant, was also among the reasons why San Miguel decided to divest out of the Limay power plant after only two years of owning and operating it, San Miguel president Ramon S. Ang earlier said.

San Miguel also earlier embarked on studies to determine the feasibility of converting the Limay power plant. These studies showed, however, that at least $1 billion would be needed to convert the facility to run using LNG. There were also previous plans of doubling the power plant’s capacity to 1,200 MW, which, alone, may already cost some $600 million.

Commissioned in 1993, the Limay power plant comprises two 310-MW modules, Blocks A and B, which consist of three 70-MW gas turbines and a 100-MW steam turbine, respectively. Located in Limay, Bataan, in Central Luzon, or approximately 145 kilometers west of Manila, the plant is designed to meet the base-load demand of the Luzon grid.

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Philippine Stock Market table as of Feb. 27, 2013

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.			(As of Feb. 27, 2013)
.	52-WK	52-WK	STOCKS	OPEN	HIGH	LOW	CLOSE	VOLUME
.	HIGH	LOW	BANKS
.	92.9	55.39	BDO Unibank, Inc.	92	92	91.55	91.7	3,674,510
.	114	65	Bank of the Philippine Islands	107.9	107.9	105.1	105.8	2,964,440
.	68.3	40	China Banking Corporation	65.75	66.2	65.75	66	203,570
.	35.3	18.5	East West Banking Corporation	34.5	35.15	34.5	34.5	1,173,100
.	117.2	80.4	Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company	115	115	113.9	113.9	923,260
.	102.5	65	Philippine National Bank	97.9	100.2	97.45	100	3,560,420
.	130	73.2	Philippine Savings Bank	119.5	130	119	120	26,140
.	38	34.5	Philippine Business Bank	37.5	37.85	37.35	37.6	2,703,700
.	70.5	37.75	Rizal Commercial Banking Corp.	63.5	63.55	63.3	63.4	224,520
.	181.3	120.1	Security Bank Corporation	179.2	181.3	179.2	179.8	675,840
.	133	95	Union Bank of the Philippines	124	124.4	123.9	124.4	1,267,990
.			OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
.	1.16	0.67	Bankard, Inc.	0.89	0.94	0.88	0.92	442,000
.	23.55	17.9	COL Financial Group, Inc.	18.7	20	18.7	19	229,300
.	13	8.63	Filipino Fund, Inc.	12	12	12	12	1,000
.	0.95	0.68	First Abacus Financial Holdings Corp.	0.8	0.8	0.79	0.79	166,000
.	590	420	Manulife Financial Corporation	517	517	517	517	50
.	39.2	4	Maybank ATR Kim Eng Financial Corp.	26.65	26.7	26.45	26.55	33,100
.	3.06	1.69	National Reinsurance Corp. of the Phils.	1.95	1.98	1.95	1.98	1,164,000
.	480	342	The Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc	460.4	465.2	460.4	465	14,960
.	1,122.00	879	Sun Life Financial, Inc.	1,065.00	1,075.00	1,065.00	1,070.00	545
.	2.7	1.71	Vantage Equities, Inc.	2.55	2.55	2.54	2.54	125,000
.			ELECTRICITY, ENERGY, POWER AND WATER
.	38.65	31	Aboitiz Power Corporation	38.5	38.65	37.5	37.5	3,743,500
.	1.62	1.2	Alsons Consolidated Resources, Inc.	1.38	1.43	1.35	1.36	7,614,000
.	4.99	2.12	Calapan Ventures, Inc.	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	3,000
.	7.9	4.83	Energy Development Corporation	7.75	7.9	7.6	7.6	15,585,400
.	27.45	12.88	First Gen Corporation	26.5	27.25	26.25	26.35	2,969,400
.	113.5	59.85	First Phil. Holdings Corp.	112.9	113	112.2	113	504,570
.	36.5	21.7	Manila Water Company, Inc.	35.75	35.95	35.5	35.7	3,636,800
.	316	218.8	Manila Electric Company	316	316	312	312	786,820
.	14.28	9.7	Petron Corporation	13.6	13.7	13.48	13.52	5,802,600
.	11.18	8.03	Phoenix Petroleum Philippines, Inc.	10.9	10.92	10.8	10.86	1,334,500
.	2.16	1.06	Trans-Asia Oil and Energy Dev't Corp.	2.15	2.16	2.11	2.11	25,416,000
.	15	5	Vivant Corporation	9	9	9	9	21,900
.			FOOD, BEVERAGE AND TOBACCO
.	10.83	6.22	AgriNurture, Inc.	7.15	7.15	7.15	7.15	27,800
.	2.26	1.26	Alliance Select Foods Int'l, Inc.	1.87	1.9	1.85	1.85	3,309,000
.	20	12	Central Azucarera De Tarlac	14.8	16.8	14.8	15	23,100
.	7.19	4.32	D and L Industries, Inc.	6.57	6.65	6.55	6.55	7,921,000
.	23.75	15	Ginebra San Miguel Inc.	15.2	16	15.2	16	1,100
.	131.2	93	Jollibee Foods Corporation	126	129	125	126	860,180
.	15.8	3.7	LT Group, Inc.	15.5	15.68	15.5	15.68	920,800
.	12.2	6.8	Pancake House, Inc.	8	8	7.98	7.98	2,600
.	6.88	2.36	Pepsi-Cola Products Philippines, Inc.	6.34	6.44	6.34	6.44	5,025,500
.	5.18	1.5	RFM Corporation	4.74	4.84	4.7	4.82	813,000
.	950	239.8	San Miguel Pure Foods Company Inc.	302	302	292	292.2	96,990
.	125	100	San Miguel Corporation	121	122	121	122	593,350
.	0.22	0.123	Swift Foods, Inc.	0.14	0.14	0.14	0.14	1,000,000
.	96	50.35	Universal Robina Corporation	93.85	94.5	92.5	93.5	3,150,230
.	5.5	1.05	Victorias Milling Company, Inc.	1.53	1.53	1.5	1.51	352,000
.	2.08	0.48	Vitarich Corporation	0.94	0.95	0.93	0.93	393,000
.			CONSTRUCTION, INFRASTRUCTURE AND ALLIED SERVICES
.	54.75	17.10	Asiabest Group International, Inc.	19.00	19.00	18.82	18.88	3,200
.	13.4	5.07	EEI Corporation	12.7	12.76	12.58	12.6	964,800
.	17	8.61	Federal Resources Investment Group, Inc.	9.55	9.55	9.55	9.55	900
.	14	11	Holcim Philippines, Inc.	13.22	13.4	13.22	13.4	66,200
.	12.02	5.98	Lafarge Republic, Inc.	11.62	11.62	10.9	11.6	17,912,600
.	7.5	2.35	Mariwasa Siam Holdings, Inc.	5.23	5.9	5.23	5.4	104,000
.	18.8	12.12	Megawide Construction Corporation	17.52	17.56	17.52	17.52	820,500
.	14	10.16	Phinma Corporation	13.58	13.58	13.2	13.2	32,200
.	2.77	1.61	TKC Steel Corporation	1.66	1.66	1.63	1.64	183,000
.	2.2	0.9	Vulcan Industrial and Mining Corporation	1.64	1.64	1.62	1.62	1,559,000
.			CHEMICALS
.	3.12	2.42	Chemrez Technologies, Inc.	2.9	2.94	2.9	2.94	285,000
.	3	1.2	Euro-Med Laboratories Phil., Inc.	1.8	1.81	1.8	1.81	5,000
.	7.24	1.44	LMG Chemicals Corporation	2.72	2.77	2.66	2.75	329,000
.	22.5	1.51	Manchester Int'l Hldgs. Unltd. Corp "A"	15.8	15.98	14.52	15	134,500
.	23	1.65	Manchester Int'l Hldgs. Unltd. Corp "B"	15.98	16	14.52	15.48	9,900
.			ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS AND EQUIPMENT
.	29.3	5.28	Cirtek Holdings Philippines Corporation	22.4	23.7	22.4	23.55	61,400
.	0.027	0.012	Greenergy Holdings, Inc.	0.018	0.019	0.018	0.019	154,200,000
.	5.28	3.8	Integrated Micro-Electronics, Inc.	4	4	4	4	6,000
.	1.18	0.52	Ionics, Inc.	0.7	0.75	0.7	0.74	979,000
.			OTHER INDUSTRIALS
.	2.44	1.69	Splash Corporation	1.7	1.7	1.69	1.7	43,000
.			HOLDING FIRMS
.	50.00	22.65	ABS-CBN Holdings Corp. – Phil Deposit Receipts	41.30	42.00	41.00	41.10	2,334,900
.	6.68	3.5	A. Soriano Corporation	6.6	6.68	6.57	6.68	267,000
.	2.98	0.9	ATN Holdings, Inc. "A"	0.98	0.98	0.98	0.98	20,000
.	1.03	0.64	Abacus Cons. Res. and Hold'gs, Inc.	0.65	0.66	0.65	0.66	178,000
.	60.3	44	Aboitiz Equity Ventures, Inc.	58.9	59	58	58	1,449,790
.	0.169	0.014	Alcorn Gold Resources Corp.	0.159	0.165	0.158	0.165	2,088,630,000
.	21.95	10.86	Alliance Global Group, Inc.	20.9	21	20.3	20.3	15,945,600
.	6.98	3.75	Asia Amalgamated Holdings Corp.	4.76	4.76	4.7	4.71	76,000
.	2.7	1.88	Anglo-Philippine Holdings Corporation	2.35	2.35	2.32	2.35	731,000
.	595	388	Ayala Corporation	589	589	576	579.5	366,450
.	64.8	46.5	DMCI Holdings, Inc.	52.3	52.4	51.5	51.5	4,689,610
.	3.5	2.35	F and J Prince Holdings Corp. "A"	3.1	3.1	3.01	3.01	40,000
.	6.32	3.87	Filinvest Development Corporation	5.89	5.9	5.62	5.65	1,877,700
.	0.33	0.2	Forum Pacific, Inc.	0.22	0.248	0.219	0.24	430,000
.	770.00	455.40	GT Capital Holdings, Inc.	733.00	733.00	728.00	730.00	160,390
.	8.38	3.68	House of Investments, Inc.	8.04	8.04	8	8	2,200
.	40.7	24.5	JG Summit Holdings, Inc.	39	39.2	38.9	39	1,091,800
.	8.2	2.08	Jolliville Holdings Corporation	6	6	6	6	33,000
.	6	3.25	Keppel Philippines Holdings, Inc. "A"	5.22	5.4	5.22	5.4	6,700
.	1.54	0.9	Lodestar Investment Hldgs Corp.	0.91	0.91	0.9	0.9	1,822,000
.	7.68	4.96	Lopez Holdings Corporation	7.46	7.58	7.36	7.49	5,636,600
.	0.85	0.32	Mabuhay Holdings Corporation	0.56	0.57	0.56	0.57	71,000
.	3.8	1.71	Marcventures Holdings, Inc.	1.8	1.84	1.8	1.81	1,062,000
.	5.46	3.5	Metro Pacific Investments Corporation	5.2	5.27	5.17	5.17	37,541,100
.	7.65	4.38	Minerales Industrias Corporation	6.6	6.69	6.53	6.55	57,100
.	0.065	0.044	Pacifica, Inc.	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	100,000
.	0.77	0.42	Prime Orion Philippines, Inc.	0.7	0.7	0.68	0.69	14,000
.	3.2	1.92	Republic Glass Holdings Corp.	2.61	2.7	2.61	2.7	52,000
.	1,025.00	610	SM Investments Corporation	1,020.00	1,020.00	1,000.00	1,010.00	212,265
.	2.59	1.31	Seafront Resources Corporation	2.1	2.18	2.08	2.14	34,000
.	0.38	0.3	Sinophil Corporation	0.32	0.33	0.32	0.33	4,280,000
.	2.71	1.16	Solid Group, Inc.	2.32	2.32	2.27	2.29	744,000
.	0.34	0.21	Unioil Resources and Holdings Co., Inc.	0.25	0.27	0.25	0.26	430,000
.	0.49	0.28	Wellex Industries, Inc.	0.28	0.28	0.28	0.28	1,710,000
.	0.77	0.33	Zeus Holdings, Inc.	0.46	0.49	0.46	0.48	4,730,000
.			PROPERTY
.	3.89	2.45	A Brown Company, Inc.	2.89	2.94	2.88	2.9	560,000
.	27.45	11	Anchor Land Holdings, Inc	20.5	20.9	20.5	20.9	1,500
.	2.14	0.47	Araneta Properties, Inc.	1.9	2.14	1.89	2.14	36,029,000
.	0.239	0.162	Arthaland Corporation	0.206	0.214	0.205	0.214	1,090,000
.	33.2	18.8	Ayala Land, Inc.	31.95	32.2	31.45	31.55	7,645,300
.	5.62	4	Belle Corporation	5.25	5.59	5.25	5.59	50,943,100
.	8.35	3.7	Cebu Holdings, Inc.	5.05	5.1	5.01	5.01	368,300
.	5.2	4	Cebu Property Venture and Dev't Corp."B"	4.85	4.85	4.85	4.85	10,000
.	2.44	1.35	Century Properties Group, Inc.	2.35	2.39	2.33	2.35	21,347,000
.	3	1.42	City and Land Developers, Inc.	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2,000
.	0.092	0.06	Crown Equities, Inc.	0.067	0.068	0.067	0.068	1,100,000
.	1.13	0.62	Empire East Land Holdings, Inc.	1.05	1.05	1.03	1.04	16,542,000
.	0.45	0.155	Ever Gotesco Resources and Hold'gs, Inc.	0.34	0.35	0.34	0.34	4,910,000
.	1.95	1.17	Filinvest Land, Inc.	1.89	1.92	1.86	1.89	7,066,000
.	2.25	1.63	Global-Estate Resorts, Inc.	1.97	1.99	1.97	1.98	2,515,000
.	3.28	1.52	Highlands Prime, Inc.	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	14,000
.	2.14	1.03	IRC Properties, Inc.	1.21	1.23	1.18	1.23	237,000
.	3	1.79	Keppel Philippines Properties, Inc.	3	3	3	3	7,000
.	0.245	0.105	MRC Allied, Inc.	0.125	0.125	0.118	0.123	9,280,000
.	4.05	1.7	Megaworld Corporation	3.93	3.94	3.79	3.82	118,800,000
.	0.99	0.37	Phil. Estates Corporation	0.61	0.62	0.6	0.62	5,584,000
.	0.62	0.4	Philippine Realty and Holdings Corp.	0.5	0.5	0.49	0.5	950,000
.	26.5	13.02	Phil. Tob. Flue Curing and Redry Corp.	25	25	25	25	1,000
.	23	15.34	Robinson Land Corporation	22.4	22.5	22.15	22.45	1,578,300
.	7.71	2.35	Rockwell Land Corporation	3.05	3.13	3.05	3.1	3,120,000
.	9.6	5.72	SM Development Corporation	8.95	9.14	8.93	9	4,571,100
.	20.8	12.1	SM Prime Holdings, Inc.	18.6	18.88	18.6	18.78	21,907,500
.	3.87	2.18	Shang Properties, Inc.	3.35	3.57	3.35	3.57	161,000
.	0.96	0.65	Sta. Lucia Land, Inc.	0.79	0.91	0.79	0.85	22,944,000
.	4.55	2.31	Starmalls, Inc.	3.93	3.99	3.72	3.99	77,000
.	0.66	0.49	Suntrust Home Developers, Inc.	0.61	0.61	0.6	0.6	163,000
.	5.55	3.5	Vista Land and Lifescapes, Inc.	5.49	5.54	5.44	5.45	6,417,400
.			MEDIA
.	42	24.1	ABS-CBN Corporation	39.2	39.2	38.9	38.9	37,000
.	10.92	7.99	GMA Holdings, Inc.	10.06	10.16	10.00	10.16	3,295,600
.	11	8.15	GMA Network, Inc.	9.96	9.99	9.86	9.99	216,400
.	1.06	0.62	Manila Bulletin Publishing Corp.	0.9	0.91	0.83	0.89	427,000
.			TELECOMMUNICATIONS
.	1,235.00	990	Globe Telecom, Inc.	1,130.00	1,130.00	1,122.00	1,125.00	263,485
.	2,940.00	2,290.00	Phil. Long Distance Telephone Co.	2,890.00	2,896.00	2,864.00	2,890.00	113,745
.			INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
.	8.85	4	DFNN, Inc.	4.52	4.58	4.42	4.58	172,000
.	1.39	0.54	IPVG Corporation	0.67	0.68	0.65	0.65	681,000
.	3.36	2.09	ISM Communications Corporation	2.12	2.13	2.12	2.12	126,000
.	14	4.5	Imperial Resources, Inc. "A"	5.11	5.11	5.11	5.11	200
.	0.085	0.04	Island Information and Technology, Inc.	0.05	0.053	0.05	0.05	650,000
.	17.88	12.1	Philweb Corporation	14.5	14.52	14.2	14.5	1,207,300
.	16	3.3	Touch Solutions, Inc.	14.18	14.5	14.02	14.5	142,700
.	4.5	1.14	Yehey! Corporation	1.33	1.33	1.32	1.33	42,000
.	11.88	4.21	iRipple, Inc.	9.03	9.48	9.03	9.48	2,800
.			TRANSPORTATION SERVICES
.	4.72	1.45	2GO Group, Inc.	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1,000
.	16.04	8	Asian Terminals, Inc.	13.1	13.1	13.04	13.04	74,700
.	71.4	52.4	Cebu Air, Inc.	66	66.1	65.4	65.8	840,760
.	88	55.95	Int'l Container Terminal Services, Inc.	80.85	82.75	80	80	988,560
.	2.65	1.17	Lorenzo Shipping Corporation	1.5	1.55	1.5	1.55	27,000
.	3.1	2.1	Macroasia Corporation	2.59	2.59	2.59	2.59	2,000
.			HOTEL AND LEISURE
.	6.07	1.05	Acesite (Phils.) Hotel Corp.	1.35	1.35	1.28	1.32	22,000
.	0.219	0.101	Boulevard Holdings, Inc.	0.136	0.137	0.135	0.135	22,330,000
.	0.72	0.35	Waterfront Philippines, Inc.	0.42	0.42	0.4	0.41	1,960,000
.			EDUCATION
.	1,220.00	800	Far Eastern University, Inc.	1,150.00	1,150.00	1,150.00	1,150.00	70
.	10.48	5	iPeople, Inc.	9.81	10.48	9.8	10.46	23,700
.			CASINOS AND GAMING
.	31.95	17.5	Berjaya Philippines, Inc.	25.45	25.45	25.45	25.45	300
.	49	8.13	Bloomberry Resorts Corporation	14	14.56	13.92	14.4	15,723,100
.	0.195	0.019	IP E-Game Ventures Inc.	0.025	0.025	0.024	0.024	61,800,000
.	9.9	6.28	Leisure and Resorts World Corporation	8.5	8.96	8.5	8.75	1,470,300
.	4.08	1.4	Manila Jockey Club, Inc.	2.76	2.84	2.76	2.82	125,000
.	15.5	12.45	Pacific Online Systems Corporation	14.1	14.1	14	14.02	61,800
.	18	9	Philippine Racing Club, Inc.	10.52	10.72	10.3	10.7	466,100
.	0.39	0.3	Premiere Horizon Alliance Corporation	0.34	0.34	0.34	0.34	3,170,000
.			RETAIL
.	24	3.65	Calata Corporation	3.71	3.71	3.66	3.66	350,000
.	130	23.48	Philippine Seven Corporation	90.55	90.55	90	90	20,890
.	42.25	20.1	Puregold Price Club, Inc.	41.6	42.25	41.6	41.9	10,173,100
.			OTHER SERVICES
.	0.95	0.6	APC Group, Inc.	0.82	0.85	0.82	0.83	6,877,000
.	0.60	0.38	Information Capital Tech. Ventures, Inc	0.43	0.43	0.42	0.43	230,000
.	3.47	2.2	Paxys, Inc.	2.65	2.65	2.6	2.6	1,041,000
.	3.08	0.92	STI Education Systems Holdings, Inc.	1	1	0.99	0.99	26,708,000
.			MINING
.	0.0068	0.0039	Abra Mining and Industrial Corp.	0.0051	0.0051	0.0051	0.0051	29,000,000
.	5.55	4.1	Apex Mining Company, Inc. "A"	4.45	4.45	4.38	4.38	181,000
.	5.55	4.4	Apex Mining Company, Inc. "B"	4.44	4.44	4.44	4.44	3,000
.	23.35	16.8	Atlas Cons. Mining and Dev't Corp.	21.7	21.7	21.4	21.5	514,500
.	29	18.46	Benguet Corporation "A"	19	19	19	19	2,300
.	1.91	0.82	Century Peak Metals Holdings Corporation	0.98	0.99	0.97	0.97	228,000
.	1.68	0.91	Coal Asia Holdings, Inc.	1.01	1.04	1.01	1.02	3,170,000
.	61.8	11.6	Dizon Copper Silver Mines, Inc.	12.58	12.58	12.14	12.3	111,000
.	1.07	0.48	GEOGRACE Resources Philippines, Inc.	0.54	0.54	0.53	0.54	2,429,000
.	1.59	0.86	Lepanto Consolidated Mining Co. "A"	1.13	1.17	1.13	1.14	82,948,000
.	1.73	0.92	Lepanto Consolidated Mining Co. "B"	1.25	1.27	1.25	1.27	15,219,000
.	0.083	0.047	Manila Mining Corporation "A"	0.062	0.063	0.061	0.063	158,750,000
.	0.085	0.047	Manila Mining Corporation "B"	0.066	0.066	0.065	0.065	8,750,000
.	12.84	3.5	NiHAO Minerals Resources Int'l, Inc.	3.58	3.62	3.53	3.54	1,321,000
.	24.33	14.6	Nickel Asia Corporation	21	21.05	20.95	21	438,800
.	0.84	0.51	Omico Corporation	0.57	0.59	0.57	0.59	51,000
.	8.28	3.07	Oriental Peninsula Resources Group, Inc.	3.42	3.46	3.39	3.43	307,000
.	27.85	12.52	Philex Mining Corporation	18.8	19.16	18.8	19.08	11,908,200
.	258	200	Semirara Mining Corporation	231	235.6	231	233.8	468,310
.	0.025	0.014	United Paragon Mining Corporation	0.018	0.018	0.017	0.017	1,000,000
.			OIL
.	0.34	0.24	Basic Energy Corporation	0.29	0.29	0.28	0.29	2,270,000
.	0.028	0.016	Oriental Pet. and Minerals Corp. "A"	0.021	0.021	0.02	0.021	179,800,000
.	0.029	0.017	Oriental Pet. and Minerals Corp. "B"	0.022	0.022	0.022	0.022	34,100,000
.	7.24	5.62	Petroenergy Resources Corporation	6.98	6.98	6.75	6.81	18,300
.	48	11	Philex Petroleum Corporation	32.9	33.55	31.8	33.5	252,000
.	0.062	0.038	The Philodrill Corporation	0.043	0.044	0.042	0.043	535,500,000
.		OPEN	HIGH	LOW	CLOSE	% Change	Pt. Change	VOLUME	VALUE
.	Financials	1,760.04	1,766.54	1,752.93	1,755.53	-0.23	-4.07	19,928,449	1,616,872,775.55
.	Industrials	10,106.15	10,182.15	10,062.23	10,063.23	-0.42	-42.1	274,893,567	2,206,666,242.13
.	Holding Firms	5,796.33	5,807.09	5,729.94	5,729.94	-0.59	-34.11	2,182,754,775	2,300,771,136.02
.	Property	2,755.68	2,766.89	2,732.81	2,741.79	0.35	9.64	376,509,275	1,859,039,951.06
.	Services	1,931.86	1,950.97	1,931.86	1,940.5	0.47	9.1	166,123,041	1,710,625,157.78
.	Mining & Oil	21,370.9	21,864.75	21,370.9	21,809.51	2.23	476.62	1,068,852,671	529,994,630.88
.	PSEi	6,671.62	6,687.49	6,616.27	6,616.27	-0.22	-14.4
.	All Shares	4,145.67	4,170.29	4,145.67	4,146.53	0.04	1.66
.	SME							3,237	27,200.5
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.	GRAND TOTAL							4,089,065,015	10,223,997,093.918
.			COMPILED BY MARIELLE MEDINA, INQUIRER RESEARCH			SOURCE: TECHNISTOCK, PSE