• The Philippine peso weakened after strengthening the previous day and the domestic share market declined.
• USD/PHP rises 0.2% to 56.1300 as of 9:35 a.m. Manila time; Bloomberg dollar spot index little changed
  ** Most major Asian currencies up versus dollar on day; the Bloomberg Asia Dollar index falls 0.1% to 91.39
  ** USD/PHP one-month implied volatility is at 4.35%, up from 4.235% on Thursday
  ** USD/PHP 200-DMA currently around 55.983; 100-DMA 55.889; 50-DMA 55.966
• The Philippines’ 10-year bond yield fell 2 bps to 6.20% on Thursday
• The PSEi Index of shares falls 0.8% to 6,907.85 on the day; poised to break a 2-day winning streak
  ** Global investors bought a net $7.73 million of Philippine stocks on Thursday, according to exchange data