THE peso and the stock market opened the month on a positive note, with the currency strengthening by more than 50 centavos and the bourse briefly rising to the 6,000 level.

In only the second trading day of a holiday-shortened week, the peso gained 63 centavos to P56.1 against the dollar, its strongest close in nearly three months.

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