Stocks recover on bargain hunting; peso ends sideways
MANILA - Bargain hunting lifted the Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) on Tuesday while the peso finished the day sideways against the US dollar. The main stocks index inched up by 0.49 percent, or 35.57 points, to 7,288.21 points. All Shares also rose by 0.44 percent, or 16.97 points, to 3,864.48 points. Most of the sectoral indexes also gained during the day with the Industrial index rising by 1.02 percent; Services, 0.73 percent; Property, 0.63 percent; and Holding Firms, 0.31 percent. On the other hand, Mining and Oil dropped by 0.98 percent and Financials by 0.02 percent. Volume reach...