The Philippine market keeps going low day by day as it tries to price in all the negative sentiment it receives from Macro and Micro fundamental levels.

Today PSEI is down again by -2.33%, yesterday it close by more than 3% drop.

PSE Stock Chart 09-28-22

There is a net foreign selling of -588.9 Million. The market could still not see its bottom at the moment. It closed below 6k level and is currently sitting at 5,879 and is now at levels similar to the pandemic period last September 2020.

Gainers of the index include BPI closing at 1.63% and ICT at 0.28% while decliners were led by GTCAP shedding -7.77%, ACEN -7.39% and ALI -5.53%.

GAINERS

1BPI                    1.63%

2ICT                    0.28%

3AEV                   0.27%

4PGOLD              0.17%

LOSERS

1GTCAP              -7.77%

2ACEN                 -7.39%

3ALI                     -5.53%

4JGS                    -5.02%

5TEL                    -4.94%

6SCC                    -4.69%

7SM                     -3.93%

8WLCON             -3.48%

9AC                      -3.43%

10MONDE          -3.40%

11AGI                  -3.33%

12BDO                -3.30%

13GLO                 -3.12%

14MER                -2.84%

15MPI                 -2.05%

16LTG                  -2.02%

17EMI                 -1.40%

18URC                 -1.34%

19AP                    -0.97%

20MEG                -0.96%

ASIAN markets are all in red as well, moving similar to what the US stocks are showing. Hongkong dropping by -3.29% while China Index by -2.46%.

SymbolNameLast PriceChange% Change
^N225Nikkei 22526,173.98-397.89-1.50%
^HSIHANG SENG INDEX17,272.03-588.28-3.29%
000001.SSSSE Composite Index3,045.07-48.79-1.58%
399001.SZShenzhen Index10,899.70-275.42-2.46%
^STISTI Index3,117.15-48.35-1.53%
^AXJOS&P/ASX 2006,462.00-34.2-0.53%
^AORDALL ORDINARIES6,659.80-36.7-0.55%
^BSESNS&P BSE SENSEX57,038.31-69.21-0.12%
^JKSEJakarta Composite Index7,098.73-13.72-0.19%
^KLSEFTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI1,405.52-5.35-0.38%
^NZ50S&P/NZX 50 INDEX GROSS11,119.57-94.92-0.85%
^KS11KOSPI Composite Index2,169.29-54.57-2.45%
^TWIITSEC weighted index13,466.07-360.52-2.61%

The S&P 500 and Dow closed lower again on yesterday as well, sending Wall Street into a bear market as investors grew concerned that the US Federal Reserve’s vigorous war against inflation may cause the US economy to experience a severe slump.

It is currently showing a bearish opening by tonight’s trading.

US Stock Futures

What is happening to the PSE Stock Market?

The benchmark policy rate of the Philippine central bank increased by 50 basis points to 4.25% last week. Rates for overnight deposit and lending facilities also increased by 50 basis points to 3.75% and 4.75%, respectively.

Moreover additional news that the rate interests tigthening will continue again by November is sending shocks to the market.

The peso is slumping and could not keep up with the strong dollar, it closed several times to 59 pesos and based from the technical analysis, price action may tough 60 pesos in the short term. It is good that the peso conversion from overseas money to local people but the benefits could not materialize as inflation keeps prices very high.

Current PSEI RSI level have been oversold for the past few days and now is at RSI 21 already.

Globe announce yesterday that it sold 1,300 of its towers to Philtower and will leaseback these towers. The total costs of the sale is P20 Billion which brings its tower sale proceeds to P91 Billion.

The tower assets up for sale consist of 90% ground-based towers and 10% rooftop towers

On its latest disclosure Globe stated that the towers, which are located primarily in Visayas and Mindanao, will be leased back to Globe for an initial period of 15 years.

The first close for this portfolio is targeted to occur by the end of 2022, with subsequent closings happening as and when closing conditions are met. Globe estimates the pre-tax transaction gain from this transaction to be ₱5.2 billion, reporting and recognition of which will be according to the timing of the transaction closings.

The deal will be the largest tower sale and leaseback ever in the Philippines once Globe has completed the entire transaction. In light of the sale of three tower portfolios, Globe’s total number of sold towers has increased from 5,709 to 7,059, and estimated total profits have reached 91 billion. These proceeds will be utilised to pay for capital expenditures and maturing debts.

“We believe that our partnership with Philtower, which has a proven track record and expertise in telecom tower infrastructure, shows Globe’s commitment to ensuring the improvement in the Philippines’ internet condition and the success of the country’s digital transformation. Also, these monetization efforts will provide an uplift to Globe’s overall value, supporting our goal of enabling the digital lives of Filipinos,” said Ernest Cu, Globe President and Chief Executive Officer.

Ivan Varughese, Senior Managing Director and Head of Infrastructure and Energy Capital, Asia Pacific, Macquarie Capital said: “Today’s transaction enables PhilTower to enhance digital connectivity and expand its reach into local communities that could benefit from better mobile network access, a key economic driver for the country. We are pleased to be able to continue supporting PhilTower to become one of the leading tower companies in providing critical digital infrastructure in the Philippines.”

Share prices of GLOBE stayed at 2,178 pesos per share bucking the sell off trend of Philippine Stocks.

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