ATRKE tops anew at PSE

MANILA, Philippines - ATR KimEng Securities Inc. (ATRKE Securities), the leading Philippine-owned brokerage house, ranked first among the trading participants in the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) in terms of value turnover for the year 2009.

In a report by the PSE, ATRKE Securities recorded a total turnover value of P379 billion for 2009, accounting for a market share of 19.04 percent. Foreign brokers CLSA Philippines and Deutsche Regis Partners ranked second and third for the year with market shares of 8.05 percent and 7.89 percent, respectively.

PSE’s total market value turnover for 2009 was at P1.99 trillion, up 30 percent from the P1.53 trillion recorded in the previous year. The Philippine Stock Exchange Index (PSEi) increased by 63 percent in 2009.