Philippines share prices may bounce back next week ending a recent sharp slide, dealers said Friday. "For the past days, we corrected. We might see some rise in the following week," said Gomer Tan of Regina Capital Development Corp, referring to the downturn from Monday to Thursday.
"Its been a long period for consolidation so we might see an increase in the share prices next week," he said.
Tan said various positive developments in the economic sphere could help boost the market in coming days.
"The budget deficit for the first two months, has narrowed. We have a favourable (Philippine) peso exchange rate for the US dollar and inflation is estimated at 6.9 to 7.0 percent in March so there is no reason for the central bank to increase its key interest rates," he said.
The inflation rate previously hit an eight-month high of 7.6 percent in February.
However, James Lago of Westlink Global Equities was less optimistic, saying "the market will probably be soft next week. It may go either way."
For the week to March 31, the Philippine Stock Exchange composite index fell 0.7 percent or 15.68 points to 2,195.98. Average daily turnover rose to 1.18 billion shares worth 1.789 billion pesos (34.97 million dollars) from 1.15 billion shares worth 1.31 billion pesos in the previous week.
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