THE peso ended 2018 weaker against the dollar, finishing at P52.58:$1 — down eight-and-a-half centavos from Thursday — on the final trading day of the year.

Friday’s close marked a 5.3-percent drop from the P49.93:$1 posted on December 29, 2017 and was near the lower end of the government’s P52.50-53:$1 exchange rate assumption for the year.

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