THE Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) jumped up by 104.37 points, or 1.58 percent, to close at 6,692.65 on Friday.

Claire Alviar, research associate at Philstocks Financial Inc., said the index returning above the 6,600 levels was boosted by further improvement of the manufacturing sector with the Standard and Poors Global Philippine Purchasing Managers Index improving to 51.2 in August, higher than July's 50.8 figure.

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