• The Philippine peso was little changed after strengthening the previous day and the domestic share market advanced.
• USD/PHP little changed at 55.9600 as of 9:35 a.m. Manila time; Bloomberg dollar spot index little changed
  ** Most major Asian currencies up versus dollar on day; the Bloomberg Asia Dollar index little changed at 92.21
  ** USD/PHP one-month implied volatility is at 6.16%, up from 6.1275% on Thursday
  ** USD/PHP 200-DMA currently around 55.811; 100-DMA 56.259; 50-DMA 55.794
• The Philippines’ 10-year bond yield rose 6.83 bps to 6.25% on Thursday
• The PSEi Index of shares rises 0.1% to 6,623.25 on the day
  ** Global investors bought a net $11.6 million of Philippine stocks on Thursday, according to exchange data