PSE Index Takes Another Breather

The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) index took another breather on Friday, posting a modest decline in volatile trading to close at 6,464.67 points, down 22.86 points, or 0.35%.

The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) Index, January 15, 2026

The market closed mixed, but losses of more than 1% in the services and mining and oil sub-indices outweighed sub-1% gains in other sectors.

Financials rose 0.52%, industrials edged up 0.006%, and holding firms gained 0.07%. Meanwhile, services slid 1.74%, mining and oil fell 1.69%, and property declined 0.65%. The index briefly rallied to within six points of a higher close, hitting an intraday high of 6,494.10, before a late sell-down dragged it to a low of 6,464.56.

Gaming stock DigiPlus, the most active issue with ₱1.08 billion in trades, fell 3.66% to ₱15.80 after a volatile session that saw it rise to ₱16.68 and sink to ₱15.55.

International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) also weighed on the services sector, sliding 2.63% to ₱611.50.

Market bellwether SM Investments seesawed between a high of ₱757 and a low of ₱742 before closing at ₱742, down 0.47%. Bloomberry surged 8.53% to ₱2.80, while BDO Unibank rose 0.56% to ₱142.80. SPNEC gained 0.89%, and Jollibee Foods climbed 2.11% to ₱213.40.

In mining and financials, OceanaGold fell 1.18% to ₱37.55, and Philex Mining slipped 0.86% to ₱11.48. Bank of the Philippine Islands retreated 0.32% to ₱124.60, while Ayala Land declined 0.21% to ₱23.55.

Value turnover reached ₱7.25 billion, while foreign trades amounted to ₱7.55 billion as offshore investors were active on both sides of the market. Net foreign buying totaled ₱377 million, with purchases of ₱3.96 billion and sales of ₱3.58 billion.

The market recorded 93 gainers, 99 losers, and 77 unchanged issues. Stocks that ended unchanged included Apex Mining, UnionBank, Wilcon Depot, the PSE, Synergy Grid, Abacore, Ginebra, Universal Robina, MREIT, Cebu Air, Puregold, and Alternergy.

Among the gainers were Belle Corp., Metrobank, ACEN Corp., Security Bank, The Keepers, Monde Nissin, RFM, DoubleDragon, GT Capital, DITO CME, Converge, JG Summit, PLDT, and Haus Talk.

Among the decliners were AREIT, Philippine National Bank, Citicore REIT, Century Pacific Food, Meralco, Manila Water, Emperador, D&L Industries, Megawide, San Miguel Corp., Robinsons Land, Atlas Mining, PhilWeb, Globe Telecom, and Megaworld.