PSEi, peso end 2025 down amid low investor appetite

The Philippine stock market and the peso concluded 2025 with a downward trend, reflecting diminished investor risk appetite due to thin trading volumes and a lack of positive catalysts.

The PSEi closed at 6,052.92, marking a year-to-date decline of 7.29% from its previous year's closing value.

Foreign investors were net sellers by around P51 billion for the year due to a mix of trade, economic, and governance concerns.

While most sectoral indices ended the year in negative territory, including financials, property, and services, the industrial and holding firms indices saw gains.

Mining and oil posted the biggest drop in the last trading session.

The muted market activity was attributed to low holiday participation and a generally cautious investor sentiment leading up to the year-end.

This caps the most challenging trading year since the pandemic crash of 2020 as the index underperformed most analysts' initial base case targets and also relative to other regional stock markets.