After moving back and forth into the 6,600-point territory during the week, Philippine shares fell back to the 6,500-level on Friday after a sell-off on Wall Street, mostly hitting technology stocks, triggered by a global market correction.

“Profit-taking ensued following declines in US markets,” Nisha Alicer, analyst at DA Market Securities Inc., said in a text message.

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