Bargain hunting lifts stocks index; peso ends sideways
MANILA - Risk-on sentiments reigned in the local bourse on Wednesday partly due to the decline of US Treasury rates while the local currency finished the trade sideways against the greenback despite touching the 50-level mid-trade. The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) rose by 1.83 percent, or 129.44 points, to 7,215.13 points. All Shares followed with a jump of 1.44 percent, or 54.45 points, to 3,829.91 points. The Mining and Oil index posted the highest increase among the sectoral indexes after it climbed by 3.40 percent. It was trailed by the Property, 3.26 percent; Financials, 1.85 pe...