PSE Index Declines But Stays Within Milestone Level

The majority of shares declined today, with only the Holding Firms sector posting gains.

The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) Index, July 25, 2025

The other five sub-indices ended in the red, pulling the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) index down by 30.98 points, or 0.48%, to close at 6,413.18—even as foreign investors finished as net buyers.

The index actually plunged to as low as 6,393.83 after opening at its intraday high of 6,461.85, before losing altitude and hitting bottom. It then recovered slightly to stay within its milestone range.

Market bellwether SM Investments rose by ₱3 to ₱845, helping lift the Holding Firms sub-index by a modest 0.07% alongside Ayala Corp, while other conglomerates posted losses—including JG Summit, Aboitiz Equity, San Miguel, and GT Capital.

DigiPlus was again the most actively traded stock, with ₱1.314 billion in trades, though it lost ₱0.25 to close at ₱27.

The Financials sector declined by 0.70%, Industrials fell 0.33%, Services retreated by 0.21%, while Mining and Oil and Property dropped by 1.12% and 1.21%, respectively. Total value turnover reached ₱6.94 billion, with foreign trades amounting to ₱4.3 billion.

Foreign buying totaled ₱2.25 billion against foreign selling of ₱2.136 billion, resulting in net foreign buying of ₱113 million.

There were 93 gainers, 112 losers, and 48 unchanged issues, including ICTSI, RCBC, China Bank, AbaCore, Dito CME, Nickel Asia, Synergy Grid, Semirara Mining, and Petron.

Among the gainers were BDO Unibank, PNB, PSE, Puregold, EastWest, First Gen, Emperador, RFM, Vitarich, Steniel, Filinvest Development, LT Group, Converge, Cebu Air, DoubleDragon, and Haus Talk.

Among the losers were Security Bank, Union Bank, PhilWeb, SPNEC, Figaro Coffee, Topline, Monde Nissin, Ayala Land, SM Prime, ABS-CBN, Globe Telecom, PLDT, Wilcon Depot, Belle Corp, Bloomberry, Atlas Mining, Apex Mining, OceanaGold, and SSI Group.