Positive Vibes For PSE Index In Muted Trade

Positive vibes greeted the market today at the start of the week, despite the rains, with all sub-indices closing in green territory—except for the Mining and Oil sub-index—as the PSE index finished the day up by 49.02 points or 0.78 percent to 6,352.74.

The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) Index, July 21, 2025

Market bellwether SM Investments set the tone for the day’s trading performance. It opened at P824.50, dipped by 50 centavos to its intraday low, then surged to P843.50 before closing at P837—up by P17.50 or 2.14 percent.

DigiPlus remained the most actively traded stock, with transactions amounting to P1.05 billion.

However, it fell by P2.60 to P20, down 11.5 percent. The company has prepared a P6-billion fund for a share buyback operation, following its downward trajectory amid congressional efforts to curb gaming habits among the populace.

Conglomerates posted the biggest gain, rising by 0.91 percent, followed by financials (up 0.73 percent), services (up 0.58 percent), industrials (up 0.50 percent), and property (up 0.37 percent).

Mining and Oil retreated by 0.25 percent as Philex Mining and Nickel Asia lost steam. Value turnover amounted to just P5.78 billion as foreign investors continued to be net sellers.

Foreign buying totaled P2.6 billion, while foreign selling reached P2.636 billion, resulting in net foreign selling of P36.3 million.

Total foreign trades hit P5.23 billion, with local investors contributing just half a billion pesos amid a lack of strong market catalysts. Gainers outpaced losers, 104 to 82, with 56 shares unchanged.

Among the unchanged were Metrobank, Alternergy, Basic Energy, Filinvest Land, Dito CME, Atlas Mining, Petron, OceanaGold, Shell Pilipinas, Citicore REIT, VistaREIT, Vitarich, Megawide, Lopez Holdings, and DDMP REIT.

Among the gainers were ICTSI, Bank of the Philippine Islands, Topline, Steniel, Century Properties, Integrated Micro-Electronics, Lepanto A and B, PNB, Security Bank, Union Bank, and Manila Water.

Also in the green were Synergy Grid, Century Pacific Food, SMC Global Power, Universal Robina, Jollibee Foods, Concreat, Abacore, JG Summit, Araneta Properties, Shang Properties, PLDT, GMA Network, Rockwell, Cebu Air, Belle Corp., SM Prime, and Haus Talk.

Among the losers were Ayala Land, BDO Unibank, PSE, Ferronoux Holdings, First Gen, China Bank, SPNEC, Aboitiz Equity Ventures, Monde Nissin, Ginebra San Miguel, Shakey's Pizza, LT Group, DoubleDragon, Robinsons Land, ABS-CBN, Globe Telecom.