• The Philippine peso strengthened for a second day and the domestic share market advanced.
• USD/PHP falls 0.3% to 57.3900 as of 9:35 a.m. Manila time; poised for the lowest close since April 18; Bloomberg dollar spot index down 0.2%
  ** Most major Asian currencies up versus dollar on day; the Bloomberg Asia Dollar index rises 0.2% to 90.52
  ** USD/PHP one-month implied volatility is at 5.69%, down from 5.715% on Thursday
  ** USD/PHP 200-DMA currently around 56.12; 100-DMA 56.124; 50-DMA 56.392
• The PSEi Index of shares rises 0.1% to 6,653.41 on the day; poised to break a 2-day losing streak
  ** Global investors sold a net $1.53 million of Philippine stocks on Thursday, according to exchange data