Shares opened in upbeat Tuesday trade, with Philippine President Benigno S. Aquino talking up the market, but prices later yielded to profit-taking pressure in what traders described as a “healthy correction” given recent record-breaking runs.

On Tuesday, the benchmark PSE index opened little changed but eventually slipped to

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