PSE Index Ends Week in an Upswing

By The Financial District
Apr 25
2 min read

The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSE) closed the week strong, gaining 110.27 points or 1.79% to finish at 6,268.75, buoyed by net foreign buying and a late-week rally.

The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) Index, April 25, 2025.

The index briefly touched a high of 6,294.72—just 6 points shy of a milestone level—before profit-taking set in amid lingering geopolitical tensions and uncertainty over U.S. trade policy under President Trump.

Foreign investors posted P352 million in net buying, with total foreign inflows of P3.22 billion against P2.87 billion in outflows.

Despite the cautious tone, most major stocks advanced, with only one decliner among the Top 10 most active: DigiPlus, which saw a pullback after a speculative run.

BDO Unibank led trading with P808 million in value as it gained P1 to P161 (+0.63%), followed by Universal Robina, which jumped 7.76% to P81.25 on P652 million worth of trades.

By sector, mining and oil was the lone laggard, down 0.72%. Financials rose 0.92%, industrials gained 1.24%, holding firms advanced 2.31%, services added P1.50, and property climbed 1.83%.

Total value turnover was average at P6.29 billion. Advancers outnumbered decliners, 117 to 79, with 45 unchanged.

Among the top gainers were SM Investments, Ayala Land, Bloomberry, SM Prime, Metrobank, BPI, Puregold, China Bank, EastWest, PNB, Security Bank, Union Bank, ACEN Corp., Alternergy, Semirara Mining, Synergy Grid, and SPNEC.

Century Pacific, Emperador, Ginebra, Jollibee, Monde Nissin, Integrated Micro, Abacore, Ayala Corp., Alliance Global, DMC Holdings, GT Capital, JG Summit, LT Group, Cosco Capital, Globe Telecom, PhilWeb, Wilcon Depot, DoubleDragon, and Century Properties also ended the day up.

Losers included Aboitiz Power, Basic Energy, Citicore REIT, First Gen, Meralco, Manila Water, SMC Global, Keepers Holdings, CEMEX, AREIT, Filinvest REIT, Megaworld, Vista Land, GMA-7, ABS-CBN, PLDT, Converge, DITO CME, Cebu Pacific, 7-Eleven operator PhilSeven, Robinsons Retail, Apex Mining, OceanaGold, Philex Mining, and PXP Energy.

Notable unchanged stocks were Figaro Coffee, Aboitiz Equity, San Miguel Corp., Shang Properties, VistaREIT, Boulevard Holdings, Belle Corp., Atlas Mining, and Nickel Asia.