Philippine equities suffered an almost 5 percent drop on Tuesday after making a recovery to the 6,800-point mark on Monday.

Analysts blamed the fall to the weakening of the peso to about P43 to the dollar, negative economic data from lower exports, soaring unemployment rate, and continuous foreign selling and realignment of portfolios by investors.

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