The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas sees that headline inflation in the Philippines will settle within the 7.1% to 8.1% range for Oct 2026.
If consumer prices hit the upper bound of this forecast, it will breach the 8% mark and outpace the 7.2% inflation rate recorded in September
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Noon Break
PSEI 5,670.30, down by 35.28 points (-0.62%)
Value Traded jumped P 11.10B
Holding, Services:, M-O, Property & Industrials Declined
53 advances, 94 declines & 62 unchanged
Hong Kong-listed Chinese technology shares advance, as investors are seen rotating out of AI plays and into cheaper corners of the market.
The Hang Seng Tech Index rises as much as 1.4%, with Chinese EV and smartphone maker Xiaomi and food delivery Meituan up 5%
Binance:
Preliminary findings: a compromised DevOps engineer's laptop as the root cause.
No evidence of a private key breach has been found.
Total impact is est at $6.3B, with $3B successfully frozen on-chain
Customer losses will be covered by the SAFU and corporate funds.
Japan Retail sales rose 2.3% in September from a year earlier, versus the median forecast of +3.3%, primarily due to a drop-off in major consumer categories like consumer electronics, fuel, and cosmetics, revealing that underlying domestic demand remains fragile
SCC 10.84 +1.69%
Consunji-led Semirara Mining and Power Corp (SMPC) delivered a resilient nine-month financial performance, reporting a reported net income of ₱11.02 billion, an 11% increase year-on-year (Y/Y)
BYD’s HK shares slid up to 2.4% on weaker-than-expected 3Qr sales & net income.
BYDs earnings miss fueled investor anxiety over its long-term profit margins as it battles escalating costs, a brutal domestic price war, and looming reductions in export tax incentives.
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PX 10:34 + 2.38% , is gaining traction following the recent resolution of a labor strike at its primary facility.
ALERT
Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, suspended all deposits and withdrawals as it investigates a security incident that has resulted in billions of dollars in assets being frozen
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Global Investors Friday Net Sellersof Philippine Equitites
Holding Firms: AC JGS DMC
Utilities: MER AP CREIT SHLPH
Mining: PX APX
Financials: GCASH CBC ONB MBT
Property: ALI SMPH
Industrials: gsmi ion imi
Services: ceb pgold
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Traders are taking cash off the table ahead of the upcoming market holiday.
The Philippine Stock Exchange will be closed on Monday, November 2, 2026, in observance of All Souls' Day
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Asian Technology shares weighed on a global stock selloff as another round of disappointing earnings accelerated a rotation out of the AI trade and drove investors toward haven assets.
Electronic products gained the most. According to Philippine Statistics Authority , the sector led the record-breaking surge with an annual increment of USD 2.89 billion
The total export sales for Sept 2026 hit USD 9.87 billion—surging 35.6% year-on-year, highest




















