• The Philippine peso weakened after strengthening the previous day and the domestic share market was flat.
• USD/PHP rises 0.2% to 55.6950 as of 9:35 a.m. Manila time; poised for the highest close since Dec. 20; Bloomberg dollar spot index little changed
  ** Most major Asian currencies down versus dollar on day; the Bloomberg Asia Dollar index falls 0.1% to 92.38
  ** USD/PHP one-month implied volatility is at 6.6025%, up from 6.5175% on Wednesday
  ** USD/PHP 200-DMA currently around 55.788; 100-DMA 56.258; 50- DMA 55.909
• The Philippines’ 10-year bond yield rose 10.1 bps to 6.15% on Wednesday
• The PSEi Index of shares is little changed at 6,498.05 on the day
  ** Global investors sold a net $4.67 million of Philippine stocks on Wednesday, according to exchange data