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Foreign Exchange Rate
January 28, 2026
usd
1 USD = 59.0780
Currency Peso Equivalent
jpy
JPY
0.3882
gbp
GBP
81.8289
hkd
HKD
7.5749
chf
CHF
77.6320
CAD
CAD
43.5229
SGD
SGD
46.8985
AUD
AUD
41.4196
BHD
BHD
156.7056
Currency Peso Equivalent
SAR
SAR
15.7550
BND
BND
46.7130
IDR
IDR
0.0035
JPY
THB
1.9131
AED
AED
16.0848
EUR
EUR
71.1417
KRW
KRW
0.0412
CNY
CNY
8.4949
Index Report
Market CLOSED: Jan 28, 2026 3:58 PM
Index
Value
Chng%
PSEi
6,355.78
0.77
All Shares
3,597.04
0.45
Financials
2,116.72
0.38
Industrial
9,008.63
0.23
Holding Firms
5,080.91
0.15
Services
2,600.12
2.53
Mining and Oil
18,928.16
2.23
Property
2,247.06
0.22

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Economy

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Communications

PSEi slides 2.08% after Q4 GDP slowdown

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