Philippine shares shrugged off the pessimism of other major markets and returned to the 6,800-point level on lingering investor confidence in the country’s equity market.

“Share prices picked up where they left off the previous session, posting gains of over 30 points minutes off the opening bell and holding steady onwards,” Accord Capital Equities Corp. analyst Justino Calaycay said.

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