Philippine Stock Market is 5 to 13 times less active in Terms of Daily Trades than 5 other Major

Philippine Stock Market is 5 to 13 times less active in Terms of Daily Trades than 5 other Major Countries in SEA

The Philippines is again lagging behind as always under this Administration of Bong Bong Marcos (BBM) to five other Major Countries in South East Asia (SEA), this time in Terms of the Daily Trading Value or Daily Transactions of its Stock Market.

This means the Daily Value of the Stocks that are being sold or bought each Day, this as per the Data collected by the Singapore-based News Publication, “The Business Times” as of this Month of October, 2025.

As per the Data, the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) only averages around Usd 100 million worth of Trades each Day which is nearly six times lower than that of Malaysia, which averages around Usd 570 million per Day.

Compared to the Stock Markets of Indonesia, Vietnam and Singapore, the PSE trades nine to ten times lower as those average around Usd 900 to Usd 1 billion per Day. At the Top of the List is the Thai Stock Market which averages Usd 1.3 billion Trades per Day, or thirteen times that of the Philippines.

Not in the List are five other SEA Countries which I assume have even lower Trade Values than the PSE, but those have either much lower Populations and Economy Size than the Philippines like Laos, Cambodia, Brunei and Timor Leste, or in a State of Civil War like in the Case of Myanmar.

MY THOUGHTS:
As I have stated before, I did some Trading in the PSE before so I am very familiar with the Stock Market, but I just stopped because it has not been doing well under this Administration of BBM. I still have some Stocks in my Portfolio though, which is “Megaworld Corporation (MEG)” which I bought back in 2022 or 2023 at over Php 3 each.

The current Stock Price of MEG is around Php 2, so I already “lost” around a third of my Money there. I still haven’t sold it yet so technically I haven’t lost Money yet, but imagine that, 2 to 3 Years just stuck, unable to sell it off.

I did get some Dividends from MEG over the Years, but they are not enough to make up for the loss of Value of the Stock. And I doubt if I will be able to sell the Stocks off soon under this Administration of the Bangag since it is such a fakk up.

SOURCES:
* https://web.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1128964722784888&id=100070141118752&rdid=R44Kb4SGAOHvUcIq
* https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/international/asean/limited-market-depth-access-hurdles-could-cloud-party-vietnam-markets-ftse-upgrade

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