PSE Index Still Down

The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) index declined further Tuesday, closing at 6,159.85 points, down by 32.17 points or 0.52 percent, as foreign investors remained net sellers.

The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) Index, March 25, 2025

However, the market performance was not entirely negative, as the closing level was higher than the day's lowest point of 6,106.39 after all sub-indices declined following the market recess.

The Property and Services sectors posted gains of 0.45 percent and 0.02 percent, respectively.

Holding firms recorded the biggest loss, down by 1.42 percent, as market bellwether SM Investments fell below ₱800, closing at ₱795, down by ₱5. Other conglomerates also posted similar losses, including GT Capital, JG Summit, LT Group, Ayala Corp., and DMCI Holdings.

The Financials sector lost 0.56 percent, Industrials declined by 0.74 percent, and Mining and Oil dropped by 3.02 percent.

Value turnover amounted to ₱4.74 billion, while net foreign selling reached ₱604 million, with foreign buying at ₱1.838 billion against foreign selling of ₱2.442 billion. There were 84 gainers, 107 losers, and 56 unchanged stocks.

Among the gainers were ICTSI, Meralco, SM Prime, Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI), PNB, Citicore REIT, Petron, Cosco Capital, AREIT, Citicore Renewable Energy, DoubleDragon, MREIT, Shang Properties, Apex Mining, Oriental Petroleum, and Philodrill.

Among the losers were Nickel Asia, Semirara Mining, Jollibee Foods, Metrobank, BDO Unibank, First Gen, Security Bank, Union Bank, Vitarich, CEMEX Holdings, OceanaGold, Philex Mining, SPNEC, Synergy Grid, and Atlas Mining.

Stocks that remained unchanged included Cebu Air, Belle Corp., SSI Group, Haus Talk, Ayala Land, Aboitiz Power, Figaro Coffee, Globe Telecom, Manila Water, Abacore, Alternergy, Shell Pilipinas, Alliance Global, and National Reinsurance.