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                    [Title] => Shares likely to remain flat as outlook not exciting — analysts
                    [Summary] => Lackluster trading is expected to ensue in the stock market this week as investors continue to guard improvement in corporate earnings and seek guidance overseas, analysts said.


Investors are also seeking clues on the listing of First Generation Holdings Corp.’s shares in the stock market and the pricing for Universal Robina Corp.’s primary and secondary share sale.


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                    [Title] => Index retreats as traders remain cautious ahead of MB meeting
                    [Summary] => Share prices closed 0.22 percent lower yesterday in an extended technical correction, with trade cautious ahead of a meeting of the central bank’s monetary policy board, dealers said. 


They said there was speculation that the board may raise key interest rates again to fend off inflation. 


The Philippine Stock Exchange composite index shed 4.62 points to 2,056.13 after trading between 2,054.18 and 2,062.56. 


Volume reached 692.58 million shares worth P906.1 million. Losers outnumbered gainers 42 to 31, while 44 stocks ended unchanged. 


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                    [Title] => Strong PLDT manages to boost a lackluster market
                    [Summary] => Share prices closed 0.28 percent higher yesterday as Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) lifted an otherwise lackluster market, dealers said. 


Trade was subdued with investors wary over a possibility the central bank will hike interest rates to head off inflation and an unresolved opposition legal challenge to the government’s new expanded value-added tax (EVAT) law, they added. 


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                    [Title] => Market ends 2-day rally on weak Dow, rising oil prices
                    [Summary] => Share prices closed 0.61 percent lower yesterday, ending a two-day rally after further losses on Wall Street and a fresh spike in oil prices hit sentiment, dealers said. 


They said the return to higher oil prices after the latest US oil stockpiles data was unwelcome given the possible impact on inflation and the risk the central bank could hike interest rates as a result. 


The composite index fell 11.65 points to 1,903.09, off a high of 1,918.81. Turnover was 612 million shares worth $803.7 million.


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                    [Title] => Index hits new two-month peak on strong blue chips
                    [Summary] => Share prices closed 0.59 percent higher yesterday to a new two-month peak as investors chased select blue chips for the sixth straight session, dealers said. 


They said investor sentiment remains upbeat, supported by the brighter fiscal and economic outlook for the country, although profit-taking may surface next week as share prices have risen steeply. 


The Philippine Stock Exchange composite index added 11.93 points to 2,022.49. It traded between 2,007.10 and 2,028.14. 


This was its best finish since March 21, when it ended at 2,033.78. 


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                    [Title] => Uneventful week seen as market consolidates
                    [Summary] => Trading is expected to be uneventful this week due to a lack of fresh incentives to sustain bargain-hunting.


In its weekly online market report, BPI Securities said the Phisix may continue to consolidate at current levels.  "Mood is more cautious as investors fear another steep decline in the prices of speculative stocks may prompt a similar selldown in the broader market."	


AB Capital research head Jovis Vistan expects the market to move sideways with a downward bias with most stocks having reached overbought levels. 


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                    [Title] => Meralco to implement 8.76¢ power rate hike starting today
                    [Summary] => Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) said yesterday it would implement starting today a rate incrase of 8.76 centavos per kilowatt hour.


The rise, approved by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) late on Friday, would alleviate the loss making firm’s financial burden as it faces a court-ordered refund to customers of P30.05 billion for years of overbilling.


The increase would only apply to customers with a monthly consumption of 300 kwh and above. 


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                    [Title] => No insider trading on Meralco shares – PSE
                    [Summary] => The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) cleared yesterday the officers of Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) of any involvement in insider trading.


But the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said it would have to wait for the PSE’s investigation report before deciding whether to conduct its own probe or not to validate PSE’s findings on Meralco.


"We are still awaiting the PSE report. We will review their findings," an SEC official who declined to be identified said yesterday.


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                    [Title] => Index Closes With Tiny Gain On Gfis’ Bargain Hunting
                    [Summary] => The market ended yesterday with a modest gain from last-minute bargain hunting in blue chips by government financial institutions, traders said.


The 30-company Philippine Stock Exchange Index rose 0.16 point to 1,488.95, adding in Thursday’s 10.37-point, or 0.7 percent, rise. The index was down by as much as 1.4 percent early in the session.


"We think it’s government buying, probably ahead of the Saturday prayer rally," said Diversified Securities President Jose Ricardo Garcia.


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Investors are also seeking clues on the listing of First Generation Holdings Corp.’s shares in the stock market and the pricing for Universal Robina Corp.’s primary and secondary share sale.


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                    [Title] => Index retreats as traders remain cautious ahead of MB meeting
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They said there was speculation that the board may raise key interest rates again to fend off inflation. 


The Philippine Stock Exchange composite index shed 4.62 points to 2,056.13 after trading between 2,054.18 and 2,062.56. 


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                    [Title] => Strong PLDT manages to boost a lackluster market
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Trade was subdued with investors wary over a possibility the central bank will hike interest rates to head off inflation and an unresolved opposition legal challenge to the government’s new expanded value-added tax (EVAT) law, they added. 


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                    [Title] => Market ends 2-day rally on weak Dow, rising oil prices
                    [Summary] => Share prices closed 0.61 percent lower yesterday, ending a two-day rally after further losses on Wall Street and a fresh spike in oil prices hit sentiment, dealers said. 


They said the return to higher oil prices after the latest US oil stockpiles data was unwelcome given the possible impact on inflation and the risk the central bank could hike interest rates as a result. 


The composite index fell 11.65 points to 1,903.09, off a high of 1,918.81. Turnover was 612 million shares worth $803.7 million.


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                    [Title] => Index hits new two-month peak on strong blue chips
                    [Summary] => Share prices closed 0.59 percent higher yesterday to a new two-month peak as investors chased select blue chips for the sixth straight session, dealers said. 


They said investor sentiment remains upbeat, supported by the brighter fiscal and economic outlook for the country, although profit-taking may surface next week as share prices have risen steeply. 


The Philippine Stock Exchange composite index added 11.93 points to 2,022.49. It traded between 2,007.10 and 2,028.14. 


This was its best finish since March 21, when it ended at 2,033.78. 


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                    [Title] => Uneventful week seen as market consolidates
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                    [Title] => Meralco to implement 8.76¢ power rate hike starting today
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The rise, approved by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) late on Friday, would alleviate the loss making firm’s financial burden as it faces a court-ordered refund to customers of P30.05 billion for years of overbilling.


The increase would only apply to customers with a monthly consumption of 300 kwh and above. 


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                    [Title] => No insider trading on Meralco shares – PSE
                    [Summary] => The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) cleared yesterday the officers of Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) of any involvement in insider trading.


But the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said it would have to wait for the PSE’s investigation report before deciding whether to conduct its own probe or not to validate PSE’s findings on Meralco.


"We are still awaiting the PSE report. We will review their findings," an SEC official who declined to be identified said yesterday.


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                    [Title] => Index Closes With Tiny Gain On Gfis’ Bargain Hunting
                    [Summary] => The market ended yesterday with a modest gain from last-minute bargain hunting in blue chips by government financial institutions, traders said.


The 30-company Philippine Stock Exchange Index rose 0.16 point to 1,488.95, adding in Thursday’s 10.37-point, or 0.7 percent, rise. The index was down by as much as 1.4 percent early in the session.


"We think it’s government buying, probably ahead of the Saturday prayer rally," said Diversified Securities President Jose Ricardo Garcia.


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