• The Philippine peso weakened for a second day and the domestic share market advanced.
  • USD/PHP rises 0.2% to 57.7500 as of 9:35 a.m. Manila time; Bloomberg dollar spot index little changed
    ** Most major Asian currencies down versus dollar on day; the Bloomberg Asia Dollar index little changed at 90.87
    ** USD/PHP one-month implied volatility is at 5.6125%, up from 5.39% on Friday
    ** USD/PHP 200-DMA currently around 56.255; 100-DMA 56.334; 50-DMA 56.712
  • The Philippines’ 10-year bond yield fell 5.83 bps to 6.61% on Friday
  • The PSEi Index of shares rises 0.2% to 6,631.60 on the day
    ** Global investors bought a net $541,200 of Philippine stocks on Friday, according to exchange data