The Philippine peso dropped to P44.81 to a dollar on Wednesday on the account of weaker regional currencies against a stronger dollar.

The local currency shed 21 centavos from the P44.60 a dollar close on the previous day, as the dollar turned higher against Asian currencies after suffering a sell-off in the previous two sessions following an unexpectedly weak set of US jobs data.

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