Window dressing lifts PSEi ahead of Christmas break

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December 24, 2025 | 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines — The local stock market posted a slight gain before the Christmas break amid some window dressing activities.

The bellwether Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) inched up by 0.01 percent or 0.65 points to end yesterday’s session at 6,041.91.

The broader All Shares index also posted slight gains, increasing by 0.04 percent or 1.23 points to close at 3,447.53.

“The PSEi gained marginally, up for the 2nd straight trading day, amid some possible window-dressing activities, as there are two more remaining business days to go for 2025 (Dec. 26 and 29) before the accounting year-end and also possible Santa Claus rally,” RCBC chief economist Michael Ricafort said.

Ricafort, however, said that the market was in some holiday mode already in terms of reduced trading activities.

Total turnover value thinned to P4.7 billion from the previous day’s P8.28 billion.

Sectors were mostly in the positive territory, led by mining and oil which climbed by 1.95 percent.

Services was the biggest loser, plunging by 1.11 percent.

Market breadth was negative as decliners crushed advancers, 107 to 88, while 49 issues were unchanged.

ICTSI stayed as the top traded stock, falling by 1.65 percent to P565 per share, followed by BDO Unibank which dipped by 0.52 percent to P133 and Suntrust Resort which soared by 21.31 percent to P0.74.