Manila, April 14 -- The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) extended its rally for a fourth consecutive trading day on Monday, while the peso weakened slightly against the US dollar.

PSEi increased 1.04 percent to 6,145.52 points, with All Shares also improving by 0.17 percent to 3,627.89 level.

Only Financials finished in the red territory, with shares declining by 0.51 percent to 2,376.

The top gainer for the day was Services, which grew 2.25 percent to 1,957.04.

This was followed by Property, up by 1.73 percent; Industrial, up by 1.26 percent; Holding Firms, up by 0.83 percent; and Mining and Oil, up by 0.73 percent.

"The local market started its shortened trading week on a positive note as investors cheered the US' move to tem...