• The Philippine peso strengthened for a second day and the domestic share market was flat.
• USD/PHP falls 0.2% to 55.3800 as of 9:35 a.m. Manila time; poised for the lowest close since Dec. 7; Bloomberg dollar spot index little changed
  ** Most major Asian currencies up versus dollar on day; the Bloomberg Asia Dollar index little changed at 93.21
  ** USD/PHP one-month implied volatility is at 6.5475%, up from 6.345% on Thursday
  ** USD/PHP 200-DMA currently around 55.782; 100-DMA 56.237; 50-DMA 55.982
• The Philippines’ 10-year bond yield fell 1.56 bps to 5.95% on Thursday
• The PSEi Index of shares is little changed at 6,518.09 on the day
  ** Global investors bought a net $230,700 of Philippine stocks on Thursday, according to exchange data