Philippine shares gained for the fifth straight session Thursday, nearing the 6,900-level after overseas markets recovered a bit from an extensive correction.

Accord Capital Equities Corp. analyst Justino Calaycay indicated that the market went up after US stocks rose despite news that the US economy slowed in the first quarter of the year.

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