• The Philippine peso weakened and the domestic share market declined.
  • USD/PHP gains 0.2% to 57.6000 as of 9:35 a.m. Manila time; poised to break a 3-day losing streak; Bloomberg dollar spot index up 0.1%
    ** Most major Asian currencies down versus dollar on day; the Bloomberg Asia Dollar index falls 0.2% to 90.87
    ** USD/PHP one-month implied volatility is at 5.615%, up from 5.5% on Thursday
    ** USD/PHP 200-DMA currently around 56.239; 100-DMA 56.317; 50-DMA 56.68
  • The Philippines’ 10-year bond yield fell 14.3 bps to 6.67% on Thursday
  • The PSEi Index of shares falls 0.2% to 6,618.16 on the day
    ** Global investors sold a net $3.42 million of Philippine stocks on Thursday, according to exchange data