The peso erased the gains it posted the previous day as news of positive US economic indicators resulted in profit-taking, dragging the local currency back to the P51:$1 level on Wednesday.

The local unit, which opened at P50.95 against the greenback, lost 23 centavos to close at P51.13:$1.

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