PSE Index Up Slightly

The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) index rose slightly Monday, buoyed by foreign buying, closing at 6,352.66—up by 11.13 points or 0.18 percent—with all of the top 10 most active stocks ending in the green.

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

Only the holding firms, which fell by 0.38 percent, and the industrial sector, down by 0.39 percent, posted losses.

The upward momentum in share prices was tempered by profit-taking, causing the index to fluctuate between a high of 6,367.91 and a low of 6,319.29. Boosting the index was a surge in foreign buying, which reached ₱4.598 billion, compared to foreign selling of ₱4.120 billion, resulting in net foreign buying of ₱418 million.

Financials gained 0.17 percent, services rose by 1.31 percent, mining and oil increased by 1.03 percent, and the property sector advanced by 1.46 percent.

Notable market highlights included SM Investments rising ₱8 to ₱838, a new high for Citystate Savings at ₱16.20—up ₱3.02 or 22.91 percent—and losses in Ayala Corp. and Aboitiz Equity, which fell by 1.72 percent and 4.35 percent, respectively, contributing to the decline in the holding firms sector.

Value turnover reached ₱7.08 billion, with 119 gainers, 80 losers, and 54 stocks unchanged. Among the unchanged were SPNEC, Figaro Coffee, Alliance Global, San Miguel, Century Properties, Filinvest Land, Puregold, Apex Mining, and Haus Talk.

Gainers included Globe Telecom, Bank of the Philippine Islands, BDO Unibank, Bloomberry, ICTSI, Jollibee Foods, Metrobank, DigiPlus, First Gen, Steniel, Semirara Mining, Union Bank, Security Bank, Topline, and Abacore.

Also in the green were Cosco Capital, GT Capital, CEMEX Holdings, Megawide, Lopez Holdings, LT Group, Robinsons Retail, Phil. Seven, Atlas Mining, OceanaGold, Philex Mining, Citicore REIT, Cebu Landmasters, DoubleDragon, Wilcon Depot, Filinvest REIT, Megaworld, MREIT, ABS-CBN, GMA Network, Converge, DITO CME, and PhilWeb.

Losers included China Bank, PNB, Ferronoux, ACEN Corp., Alternergy, Citicore RE, Meralco, Petron, Century Pacific Food, Synergy Grid, Ginebra, Monde Nissin, Vitarich, Integrated Micro-Electronics, JG Summit, AREIT, MRC Allied, Vista Land, Cebu Air, Belle Corp., Nickel Asia, and SSI Group.