Philippine Stock Index falls over 3% amid surge in Covid-19 infections


MANILA, March 15 (Bloomberg): Philippine stocks fell the most in Asia, sending the benchmark index below 6,500 as investors dumped the nation’s equities amid escalating daily coronavirus infections.

"Investors are essentially liquidating their holdings” as the renewed spike in Covid cases and renewed mobility restrictions could derail economic recovery prospects, said Lex Azurin, an analyst at AB Capital Securities.

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