Philippine shares traded higher on Thursday, briefly testing the 6,900-point resistance in the morning session as investors welcomed the strong private jobs data in the United States, which also sent US stocks higher.

US stocks closed at record highs on Wednesday following news that business hiring surged in June, indicating that the US economy is picking up momentum.

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