PSEi continues to climb, adds 31 points

PSEi continues to climb, adds 31 points

THE MAIN index gained 31 points yesterday, adding to the slim gain notched on Wednesday, as investors continued to snag bargains.
The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) climbed by 0.74% to close at 4,234.96, while the all-share index added 0.79% or 24.25 points to 3,089.80.

“A sudden surge in PSE share price set the general tone for yesterday’s trading, giving investors some buying confidence in the face of another flat movement in the Dow overnight,” said Justino B. Calaycay, Jr., analyst at Accord Capital Equities Corp., in a market note.

“It was a decent follow-up to Wednesday’s tepid four-point rise, keeping the index above the crucial support range,” he added.

PSE, Inc. shares surged by 32.91% or P130 to P525 after the list of candidates for the May 14 board election was released and a 100% stock dividend was announced.

Maria Arlysa E. Narciso, analyst at AB Capital Securities, Inc., in a separate market report pointed out, “increasing interest in a few stocks led the index to advance.”

Wall Street did not provide much boost to yesterday’s trading with the closely watched Dow Jones industrial average rising by just 0.06% or 7.41 points to 12,270.99. The broader Standard & Poor’s 500 index barely gained by 0.02% or 0.25 point to 1,314.41.

At home, foreigners resumed buying, posting a net buying of P12.76 million, reversing their net selling position last Wednesday.

Turnover thinned with 1.1 billion shares worth P4.13 billion changing hands, from 10.4 billion shares worth P4.29 billion on Wednesday.

Advancers outpaced decliners, 79 to 61, while 38 stocks did not change.

All subindices were in the green, led by property companies that jumped by 1.31% or 21.03 points to close at 1,629.73.

Mining and oil gained 1.28% or 187.61 points to 14,831.14, while holding firms added 1.06% or 37.50 points to 3,564.45.

Financial companies closed 0.8% or 7.45 points higher at 943.78, while industrial firms gained 0.52% or 38.32 points to 7,342.59.

The service sector inched up by 0.22% or 3.31 points to 1,517.52.

Most active shares were in the green, led by second most-traded Lopez Holdings Corp. that rallied by 5.19% or 28 centavos to P5.67.

Fourth most-traded International Container Terminal Services, Inc.

surged by 3.02% or P1.45 to P49.50.

Alliance Global Group, Inc. of property tycoon Andrew L. Tan jumped by 2.72% or 30 centavos to P11.34.

However, top-traded and index heavyweight Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. shed 0.43% or P10 to P2,340.

Third most-traded Aboitiz Power Corp. dropped 0.16% or five centavos to P32, while Consunji-led Semirara Mining Corp. lost 1.28% or P2.80 to P215.20.

Ayala Corp., which is partnering with property arm Ayala Land, Inc. for ventures in toll roads and railways, was unchanged at P392 yesterday.

For today, trading might be thin as investors look for liquidity ahead of the shortened trading week next week.

“Trades may be tempered but nonetheless buoyed up by selective bargain hunting in preparation for a shortened trading week next week,” Mr. Calaycay said.

“All liquidity requirements for the Lenten holidays will have to be executed by Friday, at the latest,” he added, pegging the support and resistance at 4,170 and 4,250 to 4,270, respectively.

For Ms. Narciso: “Earnings are in the eyes of investors. Although they won’t be due soon, they will drive their appetite in the coming weeks. -- N. J. C. Morales Read More ...

Men, Women and A.D.H.D.

Men, Women and A.D.H.D.

Do men and women exhibit different symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or A.D.H.D.? What about boys and girls? These are among the questions recently posed by readers of the Consults blog. Dr. Russell A. Barkley, clinical professor of psychiatry at the Medical University of South Carolina and author, most recently, of “Taking Charge of Adult A.D.H.D.,” responds to one reader whose wife has a “whopping case” of A.D.H.D.

QUETION.

Can you talk about the way A.D.H.D. manifests in adult women as opposed to men? My wife has a whopping case of it, but even people close to her don’t see it because they don’t live with her and she’s developed some basic coping mechanisms — and because they presume the male hyperactive version instead of the female dreamy and distractible version.
Julie, Washington, D.C.

ANSWER.

Dr. Barkley responds:

First, it is important to note that attention deficit hyperactivity disorder does not present all that much differently in women from the way it does in men. Most research on this issue has confirmed this. While symptoms may vary somewhat among children, they are virtually the same by adulthood.

In childhood, boys are three times as likely as girls to have A.D.H.D. Boys with the disorder tend to be more hyperactive and impulsive and are more likely to develop oppositional behavior, conduct problems and later delinquency than girls, though girls, too, can develop these problems. Girls, on the other hand, may be more prone to develop anxiety, depression and eating disorders — bulimia, in particular.

By adulthood, the proportion of men to women with the disorder is nearly even, and there are few differences in the symptoms. Both men and women have significant problems with executive functioning, which involves skills like time management, self-organization and problem-solving, as well as self-restraint, self-motivation and self-regulation of emotions. All of these problems can have a major effect on daily life activities, like family relations, child-rearing, managing money, functioning at work or driving.

Where men and women may differ is in the amount of time they engage in these activities – and the subsequent impact on daily life. A woman who works full time outside the home, for instance, would have more work-related difficulties, whereas a stay-at-home mother might have more problems related to home life. To the extent that women may opt for certain roles, those roles will be more greatly affected by the disorder, and vice versa for men.

In the general population, men and women may be more likely to have certain problems. For example, women may be more prone to depression and anxiety or have more emotional control problems than men, whereas antisocial behavior and problems with drug use tend to be more common in men. Men also tend to drive more than women, and hence may have more traffic accidents. These same differences in the general population are also applicable to men and women with A.D.H.D., but the disorder cannot be blamed for them.

The symptom of daydreaming, which you describe in relation to your wife, can certainly occur in A.D.H.D., but daydreaming is no more common in women than in men. But the presence of behavior does raise the possibility that the person you describe may have the inattentive type of A.D.H.D., with no hyperactivity or impulsiveness. Some clinicians and others refer to this condition as attention deficit disorder, or A.D.D., leaving out the H.

But increasingly, researchers are now referring to this condition as “sluggish cognitive tempo,” or S.C.T. The term refers to a constellation of symptoms that include daydreaming, being “spacey” or easily confused, mental fogginess, or being slow-moving, lethargic or less active than usual. My own recent research shows that S.C.T. is a separate and distinct disorder from A.D.H.D. that may have different causes and may not respond as well to the same treatments. It is less impairing than A.D.H.D. but can still be a troublesome attention disorder to have. The two disorders, A.D.H.D. and S.C.T., also overlap in about 20 percent of cases. Most of the time, though, they occur separately.

For more information, see Dr. Barkley’s responses in the Related Posts section, below, and The Times Health Guide: A.D.H.D.Read More ...