THE peso strengthened for a second straight day, and the stock market also extended its run of gains to four days at the end of the trading week.

The currency closed at P58.52 against the dollar from P58.611 a day earlier, while the benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) added 8.90 points, or 0.14 percent, to close at 6,518.76.

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