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Peso gains ground vs dollar at P49:$1

THE Philippine peso had its strongest day in almost two months after returning to the P49 to a US dollar territory on Friday.

The local currency ended the day at $49.85:$1, up 31 centavos from the previous day's close of P50.16. It hasn't reached this level since September 15 of this year, when it closed at P49.79 to $1.