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| | 5 companies make it to PSE blue-chip index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | FIVE companies will be added to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) composite index, also known as Philippine Stock Index, or Phisix, the main barometer of stock market activity, starting Dec. 1, PSE president Francis Lim said. |
 | | The additions to the 30-company index are Banco De Oro Universal Bank, SM Investments Corp. (both controlled by mall magnate Henry Sy), Manila Water Co. of the Ayala group, Pilipino Telephone Corp. of the PLDT group, and Philex Mining Corp. |
 | | The PSE will, among others, shift to "free float market capitalization" to encourage more companies to increase their "free float," or number of shares available to the public, he said. |
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