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Jose P. Aquino, head of the SEC’s Markets Regulation Department, said: "The purpose of the reduction of the minimum capital requirement for the second board is to encourage listing on the exchange taking into account the poor economic conditions."


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SEC chairperson Lilia R. Bautista said that out of the 200,000 corporations registered with the agency, only 237 are listed. And of the 237 listed firms, only 100 are actively traded, Bautista said.


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                    [Title] => Top firms urged to list shares in PSE
                    [Summary] => The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is urging the country’s top 5,000 corporations to share their wealth with the general public by having their shares listed at the Philippine Stock Exchange.


SEC chairman Lilia R. Bautista said the country’s biggest corporations should list their shares in the exchange to provide the public with more investment choices.


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Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) president Ernest Leung said the move would also "democratize" the stock market and make it a more effective barometer of the domestic economy.


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The Phisix added another 4.8 points or 0.34 percent to 1,408.19 while the broader All-Shares index moved up 15.57 points or 2.07 percent to 769.52.


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The Phisix  ended at 1,400.36 or 9.69 points (0.7 percent) higher as the number of advancing stocks paced losers, 41 to 24, with the remaining 34 issues unchanged.


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The 30-company Phisix finished 2.62 points or 0.18 percent lower to quickly retrieve the previous day’s gains, settling at 1,390.67.


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