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Article: Roundup: Philippine stocks close lower on weak U.S. equities market
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- October 28, 2009
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Roundup: Philippine stocks close lower on weak U.S. equities
market
MANILA, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Philippine market closed
marginally lower on Wednesday tracking the downtrend in the U.S.
market.
The bellwether Philippine Stock Exchange index was down by 0.93
percent or 27.53 points to 2,908.21, while the all share index
declined by 0.69 percent or 12.77 points to 1,833.94. Only one of
the six subsector indices went up. The mining and oil sector ended
3.67 percent or 300.33 points higher.
Trading was above average where some 3.17 billion shares valued
at 3.54 billion pesos (75 million U.S. dollars) were exchanged.
Foreign investors were net sellers at 250 million pesos (5.3 million
U.S. ...