Financials buoy BSE in first quarter

While local equities had a sluggish start in January and February this year, activity picked up significantly in March to close the first quarter on a high, on the backdrop of strong performance by most financial companies.

The domestic companies index (DCI) registered a 2.02 percent increase during the first quarter of 2015, closing at 9693.91 points as compared to 1.18 percent decline that was recorded in the first quarter of 2014.

Around P355 million worth of shares exchanged hands in March 2015 from P65 million in February and P137.1 million in January respectively.

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BDP primaries leave a lot to be desired

The BDP as a party known to have ample resources has always held its primaries well in time, but this time around that was not the case. The first leg of the primaries was held last weekend, with the final leg being billed for the coming weekend. This time around, the BDP failed to shine in its primary elections. The elections were chaotic; most if not all polling stations didn't open at the specified time of 6am. Loyal BDP members braved the...

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