• The Philippine peso weakened and the domestic share market declined.
• USD/PHP rises 0.5% to 55.5500 as of 9:35 a.m. Manila time; set for the biggest gain since Oct. 9; Bloomberg dollar spot index little changed; the Bloomberg Asia Dollar index falls 0.2% to 91.87
  ** USD/PHP one-month implied volatility is at 6.1925%, up from 5.945% on Friday
  ** USD/PHP 200-DMA currently around 55.738; 100-DMA 56.108; 50-DMA 56.247
• The Philippines’ 10-year bond yield was little changed at 6.17% on Thursday
• The PSEi Index of shares falls 0.8% to 6,187.36 on the day; poised for the lowest close since Nov. 21
  ** Global investors sold a net $7.42 million of Philippine stocks on Thursday, according to exchange data