PSE Index Inches Up Amid Mixed Trading Results

Banking and property stocks nudged the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) index slightly higher to 6,303.72 points, up by 8.17 points or 0.13 percent, amid mixed trading performance.

The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) Index, July 18, 2025

The gains came despite losses in the conglomerate and services sectors, as foreign investors remained net sellers.

BDO Unibank spearheaded a 1.77 percent surge in the financial sub-index, which, along with gains in the industrial and property sectors—up 0.67 percent and 0.07 percent respectively—offset the declines in holding firms (down 0.67 percent), services (down 0.35 percent), and mining and oil (down 0.38 percent).

BDO gained ₱2.10 or 1.41 percent to close at ₱151, with foreign investors accounting for ₱186 million of its ₱429 million total trades.

The index fluctuated between a high of 6,339.86 and a low of 6,290.60 points, as investors remained on the sidelines amid a lack of catalysts to drive the market forward.

Market bellwether SM Investments fell by ₱10 or 1.21 percent, with foreign investors accounting for ₱551 million of its ₱809 million in trades. DigiPlus, the second top gainer, surged by 15.66 percent or ₱3.06 to ₱22.60, emerging as the most active stock with ₱2.33 million in trades.

Utility stocks Meralco and Manila Water, along with SPNEC, buoyed the industrial sector.

Value turnover amounted to ₱8.42 billion, of which ₱7.7 billion came from foreign trades. There was net foreign selling of ₱240 million, with foreign buying at ₱3.772 billion versus foreign selling of ₱4.012 billion.

There were 93 gainers, 104 losers, and 53 unchanged issues, including Cebu Air, Alternergy—which recently declared a one-centavo cash dividend—Figaro Coffee, OceanaGold, LT Group, AREIT, VistaREIT, and GMA-7.

Among the gainers were Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI), Bloomberry, RCR, PNB, Metrobank, China Bank, Security Bank, PSE, Aboitiz Power, Century Pacific Food, D&L Industries, and Monde Nissin.

Ayala Corporation, GT Capital, Century Properties, DoubleDragon, Globe Telecom, PLDT, MacroAsia, PhilWeb, Puregold, SSI Group, Wilcon Depot, and Atlas Mining were also in the green.

Among the losers were ICTSI, Ayala Land, SM Prime, Union Bank, ACEN Corporation, Basic Energy, First Gen, Topline, Ginebra, Keepers Holdings, Universal Robina, Vitarich, Converge ICT, and Megawide,

D.M. Consunji Holdings, AbaCore, Aboitiz Equity, JG Summit, San Miguel, Cebu Landmasters, ABS-CBN, DITO CME, Belle Corporation, Apex Mining, Lepanto (A and B), Philex Mining, and Haus Talk also ended the day down.