THE peso fell for a second day on Wednesday, but the stock market recovered a bit following declines since the start of the week.

The currency weakened by 10-and-half centavos to P54.515 versus the dollar while the benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) added 13.11 points, or 0.20 percent, to end the day at 6,541.91.

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