PSE Index Maintains Upward Momentum

The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) index rose Friday, coming within six points of the next milestone level, closing the trading week with optimism at 6,294.11 points—up by 52.04 points or 0.83 percent.

The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) Index, March 14, 2025

Among the sectoral indices, only the holding firms sub-index declined, falling by 0.24 percent.

Meanwhile, financials gained 1.39 percent, industrials rose by 0.99 percent, services advanced by 0.59 percent, mining and oil increased by 0.16 percent, and property climbed by 1.49 percent.

BDO Unibank emerged as the most active stock, with a turnover of ₱1.9 billion, rising by ₱7 to ₱165, a gain of 4.43 percent. Market bellwether SM Investments closed lower by ₱4.50 to ₱808.

Net foreign buying continued, amounting to ₱365 million, with foreign buying at ₱3.05 billion and foreign selling at ₱2.694 billion. Total value turnover reached ₱6.3 billion, with 103 gainers, 90 losers, and 45 stocks unchanged.

Gaining were Ayala Land, SM Prime, ICTSI, Ayala Corp, DigiPlus, Universal Robina, Aboitiz Equity, Century Food, Meralco, Metrobank, Jollibee Foods, San Miguel, DoubleDragon, Emperador, Figaro Coffee, Megaworld, MREIT, Vista Land, Apex Mining, Atlas Mining, PhilWeb, and OceanaGold.

The losers were Bank of PI, PNB, SPNEC, PAL, Belle Corp, Puregold, Nickel Asia, Century Properties, AREIT, Globe Telecom, PLDT, Monde Nissin, Philex Mining, and GT Capital.

China Bank, Citicore REIT, DoubleDragon, Filinvest Land, Robinsons Land, Haus Talk, and Boulevard Holdings remained unchanged.