MANILA, Dec. 5 -- Deceleration of domestic inflation rate last November boosted sentiments in the local bourse, lifting the main index, and the Philippine peso ended the week sideways against the US dollar at 58-level.

The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) rose by 1.04 percent to 5,949.2 percent.

Decliners exceeded advancers at 95 to 83 while 69 were unchanged.

All Shares also ended the week up, rising 0.55 percent to 3,477.68 points.

Half of the sectors tracked the main index, namely Services, 3.93.percent; Property, 0.82 percent; and Mining and Oil, 0.47 percent.

On the other hand, Holding Firms declined 0.45 percent, Financials, 0.15 percent; and Industrial, 0.08.percent.

Volume reached PHP5.17 billion.

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