PSE Index Recovers On Hopes Of Peace

The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) index recovered Tuesday, closing 74.47 points, or 1.20 percent higher, on hopes for peace following a ceasefire brokered by U.S. President Trump and Qatar in the Iran-Israel war.

The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) Index, June 24, 2025

Except for the Mining and Oil Index, which declined by 2.04 percent due to the loss of gold’s appeal amid the peace agreement, all other sub-indices posted gains. The Financials sector led with a strong 2.60 percent rise.

Industrials climbed 1.41 percent, Holding Firms gained 0.61 percent, Services increased by 0.73 percent, and Property edged up 0.22 percent despite a loss from SM Prime.

Market bellwether SM Investments rose by ₱4 to ₱859—its lowest price for the day—after reaching a high of ₱876.

The market opened at 6,259.62 points, its lowest point of the day, and rose to a high of 6,331.02 points. Total foreign trade amounted to ₱5.2 billion out of total trades worth ₱5.79 billion.

There was net foreign selling of ₱286 million, with foreign buying at ₱2.492 billion and foreign selling at ₱2.779 billion.

There were 122 gainers, 73 losers, and 54 unchanged shares, including Union Bank, Cosco Capital, Steniel, AgriNurture, Alternergy, Synergy Grid, Megaworld, and Belle Corp.

Among the gainers were DigiPlus—the most active with ₱542 million in trades—BDO Unibank, Universal Robina, Bank of the Philippine Islands, Bloomberry, Ayala Land, Metrobank, PhilWeb, and DoubleDragon.

EastWest, ACEN Corp, Aboitiz Power, Citicore REIT, PNB, China Bank, Manila Water, Semirara Mining, Topline, Jollibee Foods, Monde Nissin, Century Pacific Food, Vitarich, Megawide, AbaCore, Ayala Corp, Aboitiz Equity Ventures were also up.

Capping off the list of stocks in the green were JG Summit, LT Group, San Miguel, VistaREIT, Century Properties, Filinvest Land, MREIT, Robinsons Commercial REIT, Robinsons Land, ABS-CBN, Puregold, GMA 7, Globe Telecom, Wilcon Depot, and Atlas Mining.

Among the losers were Meralco, RCBC, Ferronoux, National Reinsurance, Emperador, SPNEC, Ginebra, Petron, Shang Properties, PLDT, Apex Mining, Nickel Asia, Philex Mining, OceanaGold, Metro Retail, Alliance Global, Araneta Properties, and Shell Pilipinas.