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INVESTORS bought PLDT, Inc. shares last week given the attractiveness of the company’s growth prospects.

AYALA CORP. (AC) was the sixth most actively traded stock in the Philippine Stock Exchange last week with analysts attributing the movement to the disclosure of the company’s expansion plans.

THE Sy-led BDO Unibank, Inc. was one of the most actively traded stocks last week as market players reacted to its first-quarter earnings report.

EXPECTATIONS of better earnings this year led San Miguel Food and Beverage, Inc. (SMFB) shares to be among the most active last week.

INVESTOR concerns on Jollibee Food Corp.’s profitability for the first half of the year made the company’s stock one of the most actively traded last week.

NEWS of Cemex Holdings Philippines, Inc.’s plans to more than triple its authorized capital stock as part of efforts to raise funds through a potential stock rights offering (SRO) made the Cemex stock one of the most actively traded last week.

FOREIGNERS LOADED on Robinsons Land Corp. (RLC) shares, making it one of the most actively traded stocks in the local bourse last week.

INVESTORS continued to take positions on PLDT, Inc. stock last week following the release of the company’s annual earnings results early this month.

BETTER-THAN-EXPECTED earnings and renewed investor interest made the Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) stock one of the most actively traded last week.

MEGAWIDE CONSTRUCTION Corp. was one of the most actively traded stocks in the Philippine Stock Exchange last week on account of the attractiveness of the company’s future growth prospects according to analysts.

INTERNATIONAL CONTAINER Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) was one of the most actively traded stocks in the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) last week with analysts pointing to ICTSI Chairman Enrique K. Razon, Jr.’s interest in taking over a bankrupt Subic-based shipbuilder, the company’s expansion plans abroad, and the rebalancing of a global equity index that increased the stock’s weight as driving factors.

BLOOMBERRY RESORTS Corp. was the second most actively traded stock last week following the announcement that it will be included in the 30-member Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) starting today (Feb. 18).

INVESTORS SNAPPED up Ayala Land, Inc. (ALI) shares last week following the disclosure of the developer’s plans to consolidate its interest in Prime Orion Philippines, Inc. (POPI) through Laguna Technopark, Inc. (LTI).

AYALA CORP. was the most actively traded stock in the exchange last week on account of the results of the country’s fourth-quarter economic performance and the spillover effects from Mitsubishi Corp.’s block sale a week prior.

PROSPECTS OF SM Prime Holdings, Inc.’s reclamation projects in Manila Bay were dimmed by the government’s planned rehabilitation efforts there, making it the most actively traded issue on the market last week.

FOREIGNERS loaded up on Jollibee Foods Corp. shares, making it one of the most actively traded stocks in the local bourse last week.

FOREIGN INVESTORS snapped up shares in Puregold Price Club, Inc., as the grocery retailer is expected to benefit from slower inflation and higher consumer spending.

INVESTORS UNLOADED shares in San Miguel Corp. (SMC) last week after a court ruling ordering the return of assets acquired by several firms through the coconut levy fund, which include shares of the diversified conglomerate.

ABOITIZ EQUITY Ventures, Inc. (AEV) was one of the most actively traded stocks last week following its buyback program and the death of its chairman.

EASYCALL Communications Philippines, Inc. saw its stock price more than double last week amid speculation of a brewing partnership with the incoming major telecommunications provider.

CHELSEA Logistics Holdings Corp. (CLC) was one of the most actively traded stocks last week following the official announcement of the Mislatel Consortium -- of which CLC is a member – as the country’s new third telecommunications provider.

ABOITIZ Power Corp. was one of the most actively traded stocks last week due to expectations of higher demand for energy in the closing months of 2018 as well as the company’s recent acquisition in Ayala-led AC Energy Inc.’s assets.

INVESTORS loaded up on Dennis A. Uy-led ISM Communications Corp. last week after the consortium formed by China Telecommunications Corp. and Mr. Uy’s companies Udenna Corp. and Chelsea Logistics Holding Corp. was named as provisional winner in the government’s search for the country’s third major telecommunications service provider.

The possible lifting of the moratorium on Service Contract (SC) 72 and the investment of businessman Dennis A. Uy’s Dennison Holdings Corp. in PXP Energy Corp. (PXP) made the latter’s stock one of the hottest last week.

SHARES of Megawide Construction Corp. continued seeing demand last week as the company carries out its P2-billion buyback program, which according to traders, boosted investor confidence on the stock.

AYALA Corp.’s (AC) growth prospects, coupled with macroeconomic concerns led foreign investors to sell their shares in the stock while local investors took positions, making it one of the most actively traded stocks last week.

NEWS of Security Bank Corp.’s (SECB) fund-raising via its five-year fixed rate note facility, coupled with the ongoing weakness from the banking industry in general, made it one of the most actively traded stocks last week.

DOMESTIC inflation concerns at home coupled with perceived weakness on emerging markets, in general, caused market players to unload some of their shares in Sy-led SM Investments Corp., making it one of the most traded stocks last week.

FOREIGNERS loaded on Ayala Land, Inc. (ALI) stocks last week, making it the most actively traded stock in the local bourse during the period.

STRONG PROSPECTS of supplying rock requirements for the government’s Manila Bay reclamation projects made ATN Holdings, Inc. (ATN) one of the hottest stocks among traders last week.