• The Philippine peso was little changed after strengthening the previous day and the domestic share market advanced.
• USD/PHP little changed at 55.8100 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 rises 0.1% to 91.6
  ** USD/PHP one-month implied volatility is at 6.04%, down from 6.06% on Thursday
  ** USD/PHP 200-DMA currently around 55.835; 100-DMA 56.225; 50-DMA 55.694
• The Philippines’ 10-year bond yield rose 3.12 bps to 6.21% on Thursday
• The PSEi Index of shares rises 0.1% to 6,520.43 on the day; poised to break a 3-day losing streak
  ** Global investors bought a net $437,000 of Philippine stocks on Thursday, according to exchange data