PSE Index Up in Roller-Coaster Ride

The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) index closed slightly higher Tuesday at 5,976.64 points—its intra-day high—rising 27.24 points or 0.46 percent after a roller-coaster trading session.

The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) Index, December 9, 2025

Property, which climbed 1.62 percent, services up 0.82 percent, and holding firms higher by 0.65 percent provided support for the index’s upswing.

These gains offset declines in financials, down 0.91 percent; industrials, lower by 0.12 percent; and mining and oil, which retreated by a hefty 2.50 percent.

Market bellwether SM Investments reflected the volatile trading day, reaching a high of ₱718 before closing at ₱704 for a 0.78 percent loss. Conglomerates San Miguel Corp., which jumped 3.79 percent to ₱79.50, and JG Summit, up 6.01 percent to ₱22.05, helped temper the impact of SM’s decline.

Ayala Corp. also contributed to the positive performance, strengthening 1.61 percent to ₱455.60.

Property giants Ayala Land and SM Prime rose 3.43 percent to ₱21.10 and 2.01 percent to ₱22.80, respectively, nudging the property index higher, supported by Robinsons Land, which gained 0.25 percent to ₱15.92.

Universal Robina slipped 0.81 percent to ₱61.50, but ACEN’s 2.51 percent rise to ₱2.45 offset the loss.

ICTSI was the day’s most active stock, posting ₱1.63 billion in trades and closing at ₱600, up 2.21 percent.

Together with PLDT’s 1.56 percent gain to ₱1,300 and Cebu Air’s 3.28 percent climb to ₱33.05, the services index closed in the green despite drops in gaming stocks DigiPlus, down 9.95 percent to ₱19.90, and Bloomberry, down 2.17 percent to ₱2.70.

Philex Mining shed 2.76 percent to ₱9.53; Apex Mining dropped 2.36 percent to ₱10.74; and OceanaGold fell 1.55 percent to ₱29.15, accounting for much of the slump in the mining and oil sector.

BDO Unibank and Bank of the Philippine Islands lost 2.28 percent to ₱120 and 0.86 percent to ₱115, respectively.

Value turnover amounted to ₱10.53 billion—nearly double the average—boosted by ₱3 billion in block sales, including Maynilad traded at its IPO price of ₱15 for ₱2.164 billion, and BDO block trades worth more than ₱600 million.

There was net foreign selling of ₱2.63 billion, with foreign buying at ₱5.18 billion and selling at ₱7.81 billion.

Market breadth showed 83 gainers, 132 losers and 48 unchanged, including Security Bank, Aboitiz Power, DoubleDragon, Citicore REIT, SPNEC, and MREIT.

Among the gainers were China Bank, Century Pacific Food, LT Group, MRC Allied, Cebu Landmasters, Meralco, Alliance Global, and VistaREIT. Among the losers were Jollibee Foods, Alternergy, Semirara Mining, Topline, Metrobank, First Gen, Maynilad, Monde Nissin, and GT Capital.