The Philippine stock market is navigating a mixed outlook as the PSEi contends with renewed foreign selling, offset partially by improving domestic investor sentiment and anticipated foreign inflows into the local bond market.
Philippine financial markets are expected to remain fragile this week, with investors bracing for continued volatility as risk aversion dominates sentiment and the benchmark index struggles to regain footing above key levels.
The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) slid 1.3 percent to 6,384.58, extending profit-taking for a second session after touching seven- to nine-month highs. Even so, the benchmark remains comfortably above the 6,000 mark, keeping the broader uptrend intact and suggesting the pullback is more consolidation than reversal.
Philippine equities held their footing above the 6,000 level as caution continued to dominate trading, with analysts balancing global headwinds against pockets of domestic resilience.
Philippine equities continue to show underlying strength despite the PSEi’s recent mild pullback, which analysts view as a natural bout of profit-taking after a sharp advance.
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is seeking an additional P5 billion for the Small Business Corp. (SB Corp.) next year as surging demand for financing pushes the government lender to expand its support for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).
Alphabet Inc., the parent company search engine Google, is turning artificial intelligence into a powerful growth machine, posting a blockbuster second quarter as surging cloud demand, stronger search activity, and rapid AI adoption lifted revenues and profits to new heights.
Airbus has launched the LEIA project, short for Large Scale Integration Demonstrator of Hybrid Electrical Architecture, to develop a complete hybrid-electric energy system for future commercial aircraft.
Clark Water has put in place a comprehensive El Niño Mitigation Plan to secure steady water supply across the Clark Freeport Zone amid prolonged dry weather.