THE peso regained ground on Friday to return to the P55:$1 level, and the stock market managed to stay in 7,000 territory despite last-minute profit-taking.

The currency strengthened by 20 and a half centavos to P55.995 against the dollar while the benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) shed 1.82 points, or 0.03 percent, to end the trading week at 7,022.85.

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