Given the pressure from the tumbling of US and Asian markets and peso depreciation, stock investors continued to take profits on Tuesday that pushed the index below 6,600 points.

Harry Liu, president of Summit Securities Inc., said that the market slide was caused by investors taking their profits and “sheer pressure from markets abroad.”

Premium + Digital Edition

Ad-free access


P 80 per month
(billed annually at P 960)
  • Unlimited ad-free access to website articles
  • Limited offer: Subscribe today and get digital edition access for free (accessible with up to 3 devices)

TRY FREE FOR 14 DAYS
See details
See details