Profit-Taking Brings PSE Index A Level Down

Profit-taking across all sectors dragged the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) index lower on today, with all sub-indices ending in the red.

The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) Index, July 15, 2025

The benchmark index closed 65.57 points lower—or a 1 percent drop—at 6,459.47, its lowest level of the day, after an early rally pushed it to a high of 6,537.85. Conglomerates, which led Monday’s rally past the 6,500 level, posted the steepest declines.

Market bellwether SM Investments fell by ₱26 or 2.89 percent to ₱874 after hitting an intraday high of ₱900, only to be pulled down by a wave of selling that pushed the stock to its lowest at the close.

Ayala Corp. also dipped, rising to a high of ₱617 before closing at its session low of ₱605, down ₱13.

GT Capital closed at ₱688.50, down ₱1.50, after trading between ₱690 and ₱683.50. Other shares hit by profit-taking included Ayala Land, which closed at ₱26.90, down ₱0.30, after touching a high of ₱27.80 and a low of ₱26.70.

Globe Telecom hit a high of ₱1,691, up ₱6 from its opening, but closed at ₱1,637, down ₱48, with a session low of ₱1,635.

DigiPlus reached a high of ₱37 before settling at ₱35.05, down ₱0.95. Puregold emerged as the most active stock, with ₱519 million in trades. It was the lone gainer among the Top 10 most active, closing at ₱36.40, up ₱0.10.

Lodestar Investment Holdings led all gainers with a 49.49 percent surge to ₱0.365, up ₱0.121, after recently increasing its authorized capital stock.

The holding firms index dropped 1.88 percent, while financials shed 0.21 percent. Industrials fell by 0.11 percent, services declined 0.71 percent, mining and oil dipped 0.97 percent, and property tumbled 1.71 percent.

Total value turnover reached ₱5.9 billion. Foreign investors accounted for ₱2.978 billion in buying and ₱3.3 billion in selling, resulting in net foreign buying of ₱322 million.

Market breadth was mixed, with 98 gainers, 96 losers, and 56 unchanged issues.

Among the gainers were Metrobank, PNB, EastWest, Union Bank, ACEN Corp., PH Resorts, Island Information, Citystate Savings, First Gen, Meralco, Petron, SPNEC, Semirara Mining, Axelum, Century Pacific Food, Monde Nissin, Vitarich, Aboitiz Equity Ventures, DMCI Holdings, Cosco Capital, Araneta Properties, PLDT, Robinsons Retail, Oriental Petroleum, Philodrill, and Haus Talk.

Among the losers were ICTSI, SM Prime, Bank of the Philippine Islands, Security Bank, Manila Water, Aboitiz Power, JG Summit, Alternergy, D&L Industries, Emperador, LT Group, Alliance Global, Megawide, AREIT, Apex Mining, Belle Corp., Bloomberry, Converge, Dito CME, Cebu Air, Filinvest Land, Megaworld, GMA-7, ABS-CBN, Wilcon Depot, and MerryMart.

Meanwhile, China Bank, OceanaGold, Ferronoux, Citicore REIT, Citicore Renewable Trust, VistaREIT, PSE, Concreat, Abacore, Robinsons Land, PhilWeb, and Atlas Mining ended the day unchanged.