PSE Index Up a Bit in Muted Trades

The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) index rose slightly in muted trading on Friday, closing at 6,348.17 points, up by 27.47 points, or 0.43 percent.

The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) Index, January 9, 2026

Only the industrial sector, which declined by 0.17 percent, and the property sector, down by 0.55 percent, posted losses. Trading saw the index reach a day’s high of 6,367.77 points before easing to a low of 6,339.03 points.

Universal Robina, Monde Nissin, and Meralco weighed on the industrial sector, despite ACEN Corp.’s gain of 0.68 percent to ₱2.97.

In property, losses in Ayala Land, down 1.32 percent to ₱22.50, and SM Prime Holdings, which slipped 0.43 percent to ₱23.15, dragged the sub-index lower.

Services led the advance, rising 1.03 percent despite a 0.14 percent decline in gaming stock DigiPlus to ₱16.30. ICTSI, the most active stock with ₱1.1 billion worth of trades, and PLDT, which climbed 1.64 percent to ₱1,300, boosted the sector.

Financials gained 0.66 percent, holding firms rose 0.40 percent, while mining and oil stocks closed higher.

Market bellwether SM Investments advanced 1.39 percent to ₱730.

Apex Mining and Philex Mining posted gains of 1.11 percent to ₱2.97 and 4.13 percent to ₱10.60, respectively.

Other notable gainers included BDO Unibank, up 2.13 percent to ₱139.10; GT Capital Holdings, which rose 1.76 percent to ₱606; and OceanaGold, up 1.01 percent to ₱34.90.

Total value turnover reached ₱6.1 billion, while foreign trades amounted to ₱6.0 billion. Net foreign buying stood at ₱320 million, with foreign buying of ₱3.16 billion against selling of ₱2.84 billion.

There were 92 gainers, 114 losers, and 64 unchanged issues, including Globe Telecom, Haus Talk, Puregold, Vista Land, Citicore REIT, Agrinurture, SPNEC, and Jollibee Foods.

Among the gainers were Metrobank, Maynilad, Petron, D&L Industries, Vitarich, Megawide, San Miguel, GMA Network, Aboitiz Equity Ventures, Cosco Capital, and the PSE.

Among the losers were Bank of the Philippine Islands, Monde Nissin, Ginebra, EastWest Bank, China Bank, Axelum, Emperador, Philippine National Bank, Alliance Global Group, DITO CME, Bloomberry, PhilWeb, Atlas Mining, Nickel Asia, Wilcon Depot, Megaworld, and LT Group.