PSE Expects Higher Investor Activity in 2025 After 2024 Account Surge - BusinessWorld Online

PSEi seen moving in 6,300-6,600 range

Wendy Estacio-Cruz, research head at Unicapital Securities Inc., said last Friday the index may move within the 6,300 to 6,600 range this week. This, after the number of unemployed Filipinos in April increased to 2.06 million from 1.93 million in March. Unemployment rate went up from 3.9 percent to 4.1 percent, the worst in three

PSE expects higher investor activity in 2025 after 2024 account surge - BusinessWorld Online

THE Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. (PSE) expects increased investor activity this year following a surge in stock market accounts last year. “We are optimistic that the upcoming reduction in stock transaction tax to 0.1% from 0.6%, along with the various investor education programs and the exchange’s upcoming pipeline of products, will encourage greater investor activity for the remainder of 2025,” PSE President and Chief Executive Officer Ramo…

PSE sees record influx of young, tech-savvy stock traders

The Philippine Stock Exchange reported that a number of accounts opened with its trading participants jumped by 50.1 percent to 2.86 million last year from 1.91 million in 2023, due to a 62.0 percent surge in online accounts to 2.47 million from 1.53 million.“This 50 percent jump in number of accounts is the highest we have recorded since we started tracking the investor count and profile in 2008,” said PSE President and CEO Ramon S. Monzon.He n…