Profit-taking and expectation of higher domestic interest rates allowed the peso to return to the P51:$1 level on Friday.

The local currency opened at P52:$1, traded at P51:82 and P52.05 and finally ended the day at P51:89 per dollar, 21 centavos stronger than Thursday’s P52.10:$1.

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