• The Philippine peso strengthened for a third day and the domestic share market advanced.
• USD/PHP falls 0.2% to 55.9900 as of 9:35 a.m. Manila time; poised for the lowest close since Jan. 19; Bloomberg dollar spot index little changed; the Bloomberg Asia Dollar index rises 0.1% to 91.87
  ** USD/PHP one-month implied volatility is at 5.7975%, down from 5.9325% on Thursday
  ** USD/PHP 200-DMA currently around 55.927; 100-DMA 56.19; 50-DMA 55.752
• The Philippines’ 10-year bond yield fell 2.73 bps to 6.15% on Thursday
• The PSEi Index of shares rises 0.4% to 6,652.67 on the day
  ** Global investors bought a net $8.22 million of Philippine stocks on Thursday, according to exchange data