PSE Index Bounces Back in a Big Way

The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) index bounced back sharply Monday, recovering its losses from Friday’s market rout to close at 5,779.12 points, up 194.77 points or 3.49 percent.

The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) Index, November 17, 2025

All counters advanced except for the mining and oil index, which slipped slightly by 0.30 percent.

Banking stocks surged, with BDO Unibank rising 5.88 percent to ₱126, Bank of PI up 6.06 percent to ₱105, and Metrobank gaining 3.95 percent to ₱64.50.

Their combined performance powered the financials sub-index to a hefty 4.73 percent gain—the strongest among the five sub-indices that rebounded. Industrials climbed 1.80 percent, with ACEN Corp.’s 6.96 percent jump to ₱2.46 offsetting Universal Robina’s 0.92 percent decline.

Holding firms also rose 2.07 percent, led by market bellwether SM Investments, which advanced 1.18 percent to ₱685.

ICTSI increased 3.13 percent to ₱560 and emerged as the day’s most active stock, with ₱1.27 billion in trades. DigiPlus added 8.01 percent to ₱26.30, helping lift the services sub-index by 2.97 percent.

The property sub-index rose 4.15 percent as Ayala Land climbed 3.19 percent to ₱19.40 and SM Prime surged 7.63 percent to ₱20.45.

The standout story in the PSE’s recovery was the rebound of newly listed Maynilad, which had fallen below its ₱15 IPO price on its first trading day.

The stock closed 2.88 percent higher at ₱15.22. On the downside, Golden MV Holdings plunged 29.93 percent to ₱789, while Vista Land Landscapes Series 2A preferred shares tumbled 17.69 percent to ₱76.05.

Mining and oil was the lone losing sector as OceanaGold shed 3.05 percent to ₱28.60, Apex Mining slipped 2.75 percent to ₱9.55, Atlas Mining dropped 2.28 percent to ₱5.14, and Philex Mining dipped 0.12 percent to ₱8.15.

The index reached an intraday high of 5,795.85 points—less than six points away from another significant breakout—before profit-taking pulled it back.

Total trades amounted to ₱6.76 billion, with foreign buying at ₱3.336 billion versus foreign selling of ₱3.507 billion, resulting in ₱171 million in net foreign outflow. Market breadth was positive, with 115 gainers, 74 losers, and 59 unchanged, including RCBC, Citicore RE, Century Food, ABS-CBN, Keepers, and Oriental A and B.

Among the notable gainers were Ayala Corp., PLDT, Globe Telecom, Converge, Nickel Asia, Philodrill, JG Summit, SPNEC, PhilWeb, Alternergy, Citystate Savings, Security Bank, UnionBank, Aboitiz Power, Meralco, Manila Water, PNB, Synergy Grid, First Gen, Semirara Mining, Jollibee Foods, Emperador, Monde Nissin, TL Group, Alliance Global, DoubleDragon, AREIT, and Axelum.

Among the losers were EastWest, PSE, Shell Pilipinas, Megawide, SMC Food and Beverage, Wilcon Depot, GMA-7, MRC Allied, and San Miguel.