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The Philippine stock market registered one of the highest gains worldwide in 2012, ending with a full-year return of 32.95%. This earned the Philippines the 9th spot, out of a hundred countries, in terms of stock market performance based on preliminary data from Bloomberg.
The 32.95% return means if you invested in the Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) from the start of the year, your P100,000 would now be worth P132,950.
The global economy is now said to be in recession. Stock markets worldwide have been suffering from steep losses. And individual investors are losing money in most of their investments.
In the PMT Forum, members have been talking about how much they have lost so far during this bearish period of the market. Here are some posts.
The Philippine stock market lost its early momentum last week and closed 0.12% lower at 3,819.75 following the growing uneasiness over the US economy and rising oil prices.
On Monday, October 15, investors snapped up stocks after returning from a 3-day weekend, with the composite index (PSEi) finishing at 3,861.38, nearly 1% higher from the previous week’s close.
Investor sentiment dampened during the week, however, as oil prices became volatile and concerns over the US economy continued.
Week-to-week and Year-to-Date (YTD, i.e., beginning of the year until this week) performances of the Philippine equity sectors are as follows:
(Legend:) Market Sector : Week’s Closing ; 1-Week Change ; YTD change
Here are last week’s top 10 gainers and losers.
