PSE Index Holds Steady In The Green

The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) index continued its upward trend today, reaching a milestone level and closing at 6,121.77 points—up by 57.66 points or 0.95 percent.

The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) Index, March 5, 2025

Property giants Ayala Land and SM Prime posted significant gains of 6.16 percent and 3.51 percent, respectively, propelling the property sub-index to a hefty 2.99 percent gain.

The financials sector rose by 0.21 percent, holding firms increased by 1.16 percent, industrial advanced by 0.75 percent, and mining and oil climbed by 1.12 percent. The services sector declined slightly, down by just 0.009 percent.

Value turnover amounted to ₱7.34 billion, with foreign buying reaching ₱3.97 billion and foreign selling hitting ₱4.077 billion, resulting in net foreign selling of ₱106 million.

Market bellwether SM Investments fell to ₱805, down by ₱3, after trading at a high of ₱824 and a low of ₱805. There were a total of 114 gainers, 77 losers, and 55 unchanged stocks.

Among the gainers were BDO Unibank, Ayala Corp, Pacific Online, JG Summit, Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI), Philippine National Bank (PNB), Aboitiz Power, Citicore RE, First Gen, and Semirara Mining.

Also in the green were Axelum, Agrinurture, Century Pacific Food, D&L Industries, Emperador, Figaro Coffee, Monde Nissin, Universal Robina, Abacore, GT Capital, LT Group, Cosco Capital, DMCI Holdings, ABS-CBN, GMA-7, Belle Corp, DigiPlus, Puregold, Wilcon Depot, Nickel Asia, Apex Mining, Philex Mining, and Atlas Mining.

Among the decliners were ICTSI (the most actively traded with ₱1.08 billion in trades), Security Bank, Union Bank, Vantage Equities, Double Dragon, Filinvest Land, Robinsons Land, VistaREIT, Globe Telecom, Bloomberry, DITO CME, OceanaGold, and Haus Talk.

Unchanged stocks included Jollibee Foods, Shakey’s Pizza, Vitarich, Synergy Grid, San Miguel, Century Properties, Citicore RT, MacroAsia, and MREIT RT.