• USD/PHP little changed at 55.5300 as of 9:35 a.m. Manila time; Bloomberg dollar spot index down 0.2%
  ** Most major Asian currencies down versus dollar on day; the Bloomberg Asia Dollar index falls 0.1% to 92.39
  ** USD/PHP one-month implied volatility is at 5.9825%, down from 6.12% on Thursday
  ** USD/PHP 200-DMA currently around 55.714; 100-DMA 56.116; 50-DMA 56.395
• The Philippines’ 10-year bond yield rose 2.4 bps to 6.23% on Thursday
• The PSEi Index of shares rises 0.1% to 6,230.67 on the day; poised to break a 2-day losing streak
  ** Global investors sold a net $5.77 million of Philippine stocks on Thursday, according to exchange data