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PH growth miss darkens ’26 outlook

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IC ramps up microinsurance, Islamic finance programs

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Banner year: BPI racked up record P66.6-B profit in ’25

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PH still the world’s No.2 pineapple exporter

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Foreign Exchange Rate
February 2, 2026
usd
1 USD = 58.9540
Currency Peso Equivalent
jpy
JPY
0.3805
gbp
GBP
80.6903
hkd
HKD
7.5457
chf
CHF
76.4841
CAD
CAD
43.2912
SGD
SGD
46.3876
AUD
AUD
40.9730
BHD
BHD
156.3808
Currency Peso Equivalent
SAR
SAR
15.7186
BND
BND
46.2058
IDR
IDR
0.0035
JPY
THB
1.8698
AED
AED
16.0550
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EUR
69.8782
KRW
KRW
0.0407
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CNY
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Index Report
Market CLOSED: Feb 2, 2026 3:58 PM
Index
Value
Chng%
PSEi
6,297.08
0.5
All Shares
3,509.52
2.06
Financials
2,094.89
2.63
Industrial
8,939.09
0.6
Holding Firms
5,013.81
0.13
Services
2,621.44
1.43
Mining and Oil
16,372.62
13.61
Property
2,172.42
1.17

Industries

Oil prices seen climbing further in 1st week of February

MANILA, Philippines — Motorists will see yet another wave of oil price increases in the first week of February. Diesel is slated for a sixth straight week of price hikes. ...

Finance

PSEi rebounds past 6,300 on bargain hunting, rate-cut hopes

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Stock Exchange Index (PSEi) rebounded on Friday as investors snapped up beaten-down shares. This lifted the benchmark index by 1.7 percent or 105.61 points to...

Consumer & Retail

Compose Coffee tops Korean customer survey

Compose Coffee tops Korean customer survey

MANILA, Philippines — Retailer Compose Coffee, a unit of Jollibee Foods Corp., ranked highest in customer satisfaction among South Korea’s leading low-cost coffee franchises, based…

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Tourism & Transportation

Cebu Pacific completing turboprop exit from NAIA by March

MANILA, Philippines –Cebu Pacific expects to complete the transfer of all its turboprop operations out of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) by March. This…

Foreign News

WTO faults US in dispute brought by China over clean energy subsidies

GENEVA, Switzerland — The World Trade Organization has faulted the United States in a dispute brought by China over US green energy subsidies. This, in a ruling…

Economy

Gold, silver prices tumble as investors soothed by Trump Fed pick

NEW YORK, United States — Gold and silver prices dived Friday and European stock markets ended the week up while Wall Street pulled back. Investors were…

Communications

PSEi slides 2.08% after Q4 GDP slowdown

MANILA, Philippines — Local shares plunged on Thursday as investors reacted negatively to the weaker-than-expected economic growth data and a softer peso following the US…

Industry Movements

Banks anticipate steady credit standards in Q1 amid confidence shock

MANILA, Philippines — Banks are generally inclined to maintain their credit standards for businesses and households for the first quarter of 2026. This, as demand…

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