PSEi slips, peso depreciates on lower FDIs

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MANILA – Drop in foreign direct investment (FDI) net inflows as of August this year negatively affected Wednesday’s trading in the local bourse, and the peso...

WEAKER. The Philippine Stock Exchange index ended lower on Wednesday (Nov. 11, 2026), partly due to the annual decline in foreign direct investments as of end-August this year. The Philippine peso also depreciated against the U.S. dollar. (PNA file graphics)

MANILA – Drop in foreign direct investment (FDI) net inflows as of August this year negatively affected Wednesday’s trading in the local bourse, and the peso weakened against the U.S. dollar.

The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) shed 0.40 percent to 5,693.20 points, and the broader All Shares by 0.11 percent to 3,200.62 points.

Most of the sectoral gauges also finished on the red, namely the Services, down by 1.98 percent; Mining and Oil, 1.52 percent; Holding Firms, 0.33 percent; and Financials, 0.10 percent.

On the other hand, Industrial rose by 1.47 percent and Property by 0.75 percent.

Volume of trade reached 939.4 million shares amounting to PHP6.1 billion.

Data released by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) on Tuesday showed that FDI net inflows as of last August went down to USD4.8 billion against year-ago’s USD5.9 billion, traced primarily to lower net investment in debt papers.

Philstocks Research said the report affected sentiments in the equities market.

“Meanwhile, higher-than-anticipated US inflation data, coupled with the peso’s weakness during the session, added further pressure on the local bourse,” it added, referring to the 0.4 percent jump in the rate of price increases in the U.S., higher than 0.3 percent market expectations.

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