PSE Index Declines

By The Financial District
2 days ago
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The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) index declined Monday, falling back from a brief early upswing and closing at 6,373.35 points—down by 23.16 points or 0.36 percent.

The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) Index, May 26, 2025

The Holding Firms sector dropped by 0.83 percent, dragged down by market bellwether SM Investments, which declined 2.28 percent to ₱859.

Losses in the Industrial and Property sectors—down 0.68 percent and 0.56 percent respectively—also contributed to the index's overall dip. Meanwhile, Financials gained 0.35 percent, Services rose 0.59 percent, and Mining and Oil jumped 4.58 percent.

Value turnover was significantly lower, down 23 percent to ₱4.73 billion, as investors opted to wait for clearer economic prospects. Despite the index's decline, second-liners performed well, with 102 gainers, 90 losers, and 50 unchanged issues.

Net foreign selling was minimal at just ₱639,182, with foreign buying at ₱2.496 billion and foreign selling at ₱2.497 billion. Bank of the Philippine Islands was the most actively traded stock with ₱328 million in trades, followed by Monde Nissin with ₱240 million—both ending the day with losses.

Gainers included Ayala Land, JG Summit, Universal Robina, ICTSI, Abacore, ABS-CBN, Philex Mining, Megawide, Integrated Micro, EastWest, PNB, Security Bank, Ferronoux, Basic Energy, First Gen, Petron, Synergy Grid, SPNEC, Century Food, D&L Industries, Emperador, Keeper Holdings, Vitarich, Alliance Global, Cosco Capital, and San Miguel.

Also up were GT Capital, Century Property, Filinvest Land, Robinsons Land, Robinsons Commercial REIT, Globe Telecom, PLDT, Cebu Air, Philodrill, Bloomberry, DigiPlus, Wilcon Depot, Apex Mining, OceanaGold, Atlas Mining, and PXP Energy.

Losers included SM Prime, Alternergy, Meralco, Manila Water, Aboitiz Power, Citicore RE, Semirara Mining, Shell Pilipinas, Jollibee Foods, Shang Properties, GMA-7, Nickel Asia, Metro Retail, PhilWeb, Aboitiz Equity, DMC Holdings, Ayala Corp, Converge, Belle Corp, Puregold, and Union Bank.

Unchanged issues were ACEN Corp, Topline, SMC Food and Beverage, Ginebra, Roxas and Co., CEMEX Holdings, Araneta Properties, Cebu Landmasters, DITO CME, SSI Group, and Oriental Petroleum.