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                    [Title] => LOCAL NEWS: RP stock index tumbles 3.3 %
                    [Summary] => MANILA (AP) -Philippine shares tumbled today as investors pocketed profits  ahead of a long Christmas break.
                    [DatePublished] => 2008-12-22 15:41:52
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                    [Title] => Peso dives to 50.17 to $1 in intraday trade
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The peso weakened past the psychologically important barrier of 50 to a dollar yesterday, hitting an intraday low of 50.170 to $1 as the local financial markets turned jittery on mounting fears of a worldwide slowdown in economic activity.

Share prices were also down yesterday, tracking falls on Wall Street overnight amid weak US economic data.

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MANILA (AP) - The millions of Filipino workers abroad sent home $12.3 billion in the first nine months of this year, a 17.1 increase despite a global slowdown that economists warned Monday may bite the local economy in 2009.

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The Philippine Stock Exchange 30-company composite index lost 97.09 points to 1,995.92 — the first time the main barometer has fallen below 2,000 points since Oct. 28, 2005, when the index finished at 1,960.22.

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The benchmark 30-company Philippine Stock Exchange Index dropped 2.07 points, or 0.07 percent, at 3,039.31, adding to Monday’s 0.7 percent loss.

"This is a market where most institutional investors are on the sidelines," said AB Capital Securities Research Director Jose Vistan.

He said cautious investors wanted to see the prices stabilize before returning to the market.
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They said such a correction was to be expected and positive as it will allow investors to pocket some profits and then come back in.

The composite index fell 39.58 points at 3,232.39 after trading between 3,231.45 and 3,284.95.

The broader all-share index fell 20.89 points to 2,040.29.

Losers led gainers 68 to 41, with 61 stocks unchanged.
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The market ended a three-day decline, with many blue chips advancing, led by Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT), they said.

The composite index was up 42.90 points at 2,788.46 after trading between 2,788.78 and 2,746.04.

The broader all-share index rose 24.67 points to 1,744.28.

Gainers beat losers 76 to 30 with 50 stocks unchanged.
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The composite index added 29.82 points to 2,855.23, after moving between 2,825.16 and 2,856.15.

The broader all-share index was up 12.08 points at 1,767.

Gainers outnumbered losers 71 to 39 with 47 unchanged. Turnover totalled 2.47 billion shares worth P2.85 billion.
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