PSEi slips on geopolitical concerns overseas; peso strengthens
MANILA - Geopolitical concerns overseas continued to hurt the local stock barometer and resulted in its negative close on Wednesday but the peso gained against the US dollar. The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) lost 1.03 percent, or 76.7 points, to 7,364.21 points. All Shares dropped by 0.52 percent, or 20.65 points, to 3,917.86 points. Most of the sectoral indices also tracked the main gauge with Property declining 2.17 percent; Holding Firms, 0.78 percent; Industrial, 0.75 percent; and Financials, 0.53 percent. On the other hand, Services gained 0.23 percent and Mining and Oil by 0.12...