PSEi drops anew on trade war jitters 

THE stock market succumbed to profit-taking in early trading Thursday, mirroring US stocks, which closed lower overnight on lingering trade tensions overseas.

At the noon break, the bellwether Philippine Stock Exchange index was down 1.31 percent or 94.28 points at 7,082.15 while the wider All Shares was down 1.02 percent or 44.65 points at 4,334.65.