PSE Index Slightly Down But Holds Milestone Level

By The Financial District
Jul 3
2 min read

A recovery in the industrial and holding firms sectors helped keep the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) index within its milestone range, closing at 6,419.05, down just 4.80 points or 0.07%.

The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) Index, July 2, 2025

Buying support trimmed the day's losses, despite an intraday low of 6,385.54.

Foreign buying lifted conglomerate shares by 0.005%, with GT Capital gaining as foreign investors snapped up ₱152 million out of ₱281 million in trades. Even market bellwether SM Investments, which fell ₱8 to ₱886, saw foreign buying of ₱40 million out of ₱160 million in trades.

DigiPlus was the most active stock, posting ₱952 million in trades as it slumped 10% to ₱45, down ₱5. Ayala Land followed with ₱905 million in trades, rising ₱0.45 to ₱28.35. SM Prime slipped ₱0.10 to ₱23.80.

The Financials sector dropped 0.97% as BDO Unibank declined ₱1.50 to ₱150, with foreign investors selling ₱200 million of its ₱711 million turnover.

Other losers included Metrobank, while China Bank, UnionBank, and Security Bank posted gains. The Industrial sector rose 0.47%, while Services fell 0.22%. Mining and Oil declined 2.05%, while Property gained 0.60%.

Total trades reached ₱7.77 billion, with foreign trades accounting for ₱7.5 billion.

Net foreign buying stood at ₱258 million, based on ₱3.926 billion in foreign buying versus ₱3.668 billion in foreign selling. There were 76 gainers, 111 losers, and 67 unchanged.

In the green were ICTSI, Universal Robina, AREIT, Topline, EastWest, PNB, ACEN Corp., Aboitiz Power, First Gen, D&L Industries, JG Summit, DoubleDragon, GMA-7, PLDT, Belle Corp., Globe Telecom, Nickel Asia, and OceanaGold.

Among the losers were Bloomberry, Shell Pilipinas, Century Pacific Food, Monde Nissin, RFM, Cosco Capital, Abacore, ABS-CBN, PhilWeb, VistaREIT, San Miguel, Emperador, and Figaro Coffee.

Meanwhile, Meralco, Megawide, Petron, Jollibee Foods, Century Properties, Aboitiz Equity, Megaworld, Converge, DITO CME, Cebu Air, and Atlas Mining finished the trading day unchanged.