PSE Index Shows Weakness, Closes At Lowest Level

Pessimism crept into the market Thursday, with the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) Index closing at its lowest price point this year at 6,291.85, down by 33.24 points or 0.57 percent.

The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) Index, August 14, 2025

Gaming stock DigiPlus was the biggest loser for the day, plunging 19.83 percent to ₱24.05, down by ₱5.95. ICTSI also declined by 1.84 percent to ₱481, down by ₱9, pulling the services index lower by 2.42 percent.

Other losing sub-indices included holding firms, down 0.65 percent, and property, down 1.02 percent.

The sub-index gainers were financials, up 0.09 percent; industrials, up 0.38 percent; and mining and oil, up 0.001 percent.

Value turnover amounted to ₱8.41 billion, with foreign trades of ₱7.3 billion. Foreign buying totaled ₱3.583 billion, while foreign selling reached ₱3.482 billion, resulting in net foreign buying of ₱100 million.

There were 84 gainers, 106 losers, and 46 unchanged issues. The index reached a high of 6,366.78 points in early trading.

Top Gainers included Jollibee Foods, GT Capital, Shell Pilipinas, Ferronoux, AbaCore, Metrobank, Union Bank, Aboitiz Power, SPNEC, Topline, Century Food, Universal Robina, Concreat, Roxas & Company, and Megawide.

Ayala Corp., Cosco Capital, LT Group, Belle Corp., MREIT, DoubleDragon, Megaworld, MRC Allied, VistaREIT, Bloomberry, DITO CME, GMA-7, Cebu Air, Puregold, Nickel Asia, Philex, PH Resorts, and OceanaGold were also in the green.

Top Losers included market bellwether SM Investments, San Miguel, Converge, PhilWeb, PNB, EastWest, Atlas Mining, Basic Energy, Citicore RE, First Gen, Manila Water, SMC Food and Beverage, Figaro Coffee, Keepers Holdings, Monde Nissin, Shakey’s Pizza, and Vitarich.

Also in the red were Victorias Milling, Aboitiz Equity, JG Summit, Ayala Land, SM Prime, Cebu Landmasters, Century Properties, Filinvest REIT, Citicore REIT, Filinvest Land, RL Commercial REIT, Robinsons Land, Vista Land, ABS-CBN, Globe Telecom, PLDT, MacroAsia, SSI Group, and Wilcon Depot.

Unchanged were Bank of PI, Ginebra, Security Bank, Meralco, ACEN Corp., DMCI Holdings, D&L Industries, Philodrill, and Haus Talk.