The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index finished at 6,155.03, up by 23.71 points or 0.39 percent while the broader All Shares index gained 7.17 points or 0.22 percent.MANILA, Philippines —
Total value turnover reached P3.8 billion. Market breadth was positive, with 90 advancers versus 75 decliners, and 50 issues were unchanged. Asian shares mostly declined in muted trading yesterday as attention focused on prospects for improved China-US relations from meetings next week on the sidelines of a Pacific Rim summit.
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is set to meet Thursday and Friday with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in San Francisco before finance ministers of the APEC member nations officially kick off the summit Saturday. The country’s farm production declined by 0.3 percent in the third quarter, as the crops and fisheries sectors recorded...