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 benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) could hit 7,800 points within the year as most of its 30-members have forecast earnings exceeding pre-pandemic levels.
SM Investments Corporation, parent of the SM Group, along with its banking units BDO Unibank and China Bank, have been named to the Fortune Southeast Asia 500 list for the third year running.
Lufthansa Technik Philippines (LTP), a fully owned unit of MacroAsia Corp., plans to finish and launch its new base maintenance facility at Clark International Airport by 2028.
Globe recorded 216 theft incidents involving cables, batteries, generators, fuel, and other equipment across Laguna, Cavite, Oriental Mindoro, and Albay in just one year ended April this year. Laguna, the telecommunications company said, had the most cases at 67, followed by Cavite with 46; Albay saw a more than fourfold jump in incidents in 2026.
The arrival of Maersk's PH6 service at the Visayas Container Terminal (VCT) in Iloilo marks more than the addition of another shipping route. It signals the growing importance of Western Visayas in the country's evolving logistics landscape and strengthens Iloilo's role as a regional trade gateway.