Icy Valentine's for PSE Index as it Slips on Profit-Taking

The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) index slipped Friday on profit-taking as investors remained skittish about the global economy, with crude oil prices rising amid geopolitical risks.

The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) Index, February 13, 2026

The benchmark closed at 6,384.58 points, its intraday low, down 86.67 points or 1.34 percent.

All counters were in the red, with mining and oil posting the heftiest decline as gold lost its luster. Apex Mining and OceanaGold fell by 2.28 percent to P15.44 and 3.34 percent to P36.15, respectively.

Services dropped by 3.01 percent, financials lost 0.67 percent, holding firms slumped by 1.08 percent, and property declined by 0.67 percent, even as property giant SM Prime rose to P21.35, up 0.23 percent.

Gainers among the blue chips posted modest advances of less than one percent, while the losers registered declines of more than one percent, attributed to profit-taking as investors cashed in on their winning stocks.

There were 74 gainers, 115 losers, and 82 unchanged shares. Top-traded ICTSI shed 4.5 percent to P658 on trades worth P1.5 billion, while BDO Unibank lost 2.51 percent to P136.

PLDT, though, rose by 0.22 percent to P1,390, while DigiPlus was up 0.74 percent to P13.64.

Market bellwether SM Investments posted another loss, down 1.43 percent to P688, its lowest level in a year. Marcventures declined by 12.22 percent to P0.79, while Nickel Asia fell 6.32 percent to P5.19.

Metrobank gained 1.51 percent to P74.10, while Meralco rose 1.09 percent to P603.

Among the notable gainers were Puregold, up 2.23 percent to P39, and Haus Talk, up 1.92 percent to P1.06.

Value turnover reached P8.35 billion. Foreign trades, with investors playing both sides, amounted to P8.9 billion.

Foreign buying totaled P4.267 billion, while foreign selling hit P4.718 billion, resulting in net foreign selling of P451 million. The index opened higher and gradually declined through the session, closing at its lowest point as investors took profits.

Among the gainers were Semirara Mining, Union Bank, Security Bank, Synergy Grid, AgriNurture, Emperador, Abacore, Aboitiz Equity, Alliance Global, Converge, Robinsons Land, and Cosco Capital.

Among the losers were Ayala Land, Bank of the Philippine Islands, Ayala Corp., Philex Mining, San Miguel, PNB, Top Line, Manila Water, Maynilad, Century Food, Ginebra, Universal Robina, Megawide, JG Summit, and GT Capital.

Among those unchanged were Robinsons Retail, Citicore REIT, PSE, Aboitiz Power, Petron, SPNEC, ABS-CBN, DITO CME, Figaro Coffee, and Vitarich.