PSE Extends Upswing

The local bourse extended its upswing, with the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) index climbing to a new level at 5,813.71 points, up 57.05 points or 0.99 percent, even amid continued net foreign selling.

The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) Index, November 19, 2025

Financials posted a hefty 1.78 percent gain despite BDO Unibank slipping 0.16 percent to ₱127.30. Bank of PI rose 2.77 percent to ₱107.50, while Metrobank advanced 2.95 percent to ₱66.20.

Industrials increased by 1.55 percent, Holding Firms rose by 1.14 percent, Services firmed up by 0.08 percent, and Property strengthened by 0.43 percent.

Only Mining and Oil softened as OceanaGold’s 1.57 percent drop to ₱28.20 outweighed gains from Philex Mining, which rose 0.75 percent to ₱8.01, and Apex Mining, up 0.11 percent to ₱9.45.

New IPO Maynilad again stood out as it rose 1.45 percent to ₱15.38. Market bellwether SM Investments inched higher by 0.87 percent to ₱699. However, ICTSI slipped 0.82 percent to ₱542.50.

Value turnover reached ₱6.22 billion, with foreign trades accounting for ₱5.9 billion. Net foreign selling persisted at ₱915 million, as foreign buying amounted to ₱2.524 billion against selling of ₱3.44 billion.

Gainers included Ayala Land, Jollibee Foods, Converge, Globe Telecom, GT Capital, Meralco, Manila Water, Monde Nissin, Robinsons Land, San Miguel, Belle Corp., Bloomberry, PNB, ACEN, China Bank, Aboitiz Power, and JG Summit.

Among the losers were SM Prime, PLDT, Ayala Corp., Union Bank, EastWest, Shang Properties, Vista Land, Golden Haven Holdings, Figaro Coffee, ABS-CBN, MacroAsia, Atlas Mining, and Nickel Asia.

Unchanged issues were DITO CME, PSE, Citystate Bank, Alternergy, Topline, Concrete, AbaCore, Century Property, Puregold and Enex Energy.