1.   Philippine shares ended mixed Tuesday as some recent gainers stalled and investors turned to apparent bargains, traders said.

2.   Investors showed particular interest in blue chips such as Canon and Sony while buying slowed in recent gainers such as Honda, Toyota and NEC, brokers said.

3.   Brokers said futures-linked, technical deals dominated the physical market, where light profit-taking pressured recent gainers such as leading semiconductor-sector stocks.

4.   Recent gainers among heavyweight cyclical stocks were almost uniformly lower by the close as investors opted to take profits.