Stocks up on bargain hunting; peso nearly unchanged
MANILA - Bargain hunting lifted the main stocks index on Tuesday while the peso finished the day sideways against the US dollar. The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) rose by 0.75 percent, or 52.34 points, to 7,008.94 points. All Shares jumped by 0.49 percent, or 18.16 points, to 3,715.79 points. Majority of the sectoral gauges also finished the day with gains namely Financials, 2.08 percent; Services, 1.32 percent; Property, 0.66 percent, and Holding Firms, 0.11 percent. On the other hand, Industrial slipped by 0.58 percent and Mining and Oil by 0.39 percent. Volume reached 1.11 billion ...