Longer trading for Philippine stocks and forex begin as Covid-19 cases eases in country

Currency dealers will have their midday breaks halved into an hour from Monday before implementing an uninterrupted 7-hour trading beginning Jan 3, 2022 while stocks trading will return to its pre-pandemic session of five hours from Monday (Dec 6). Bloomberg

MANILA, Dec 6 (Bloomberg): Philippine stocks and currency trading started their lengthened schedules on Monday in what market participants consider as the latest sign that the nation is returning to business-as-usual amid a drop in coronavirus cases.

Currency dealers will have their midday breaks halved into an hour from Monday before implementing an uninterrupted 7-hour trading beginning Jan. 3, 2022 while stocks trading will return to its pre-pandemic session of five hours from Monday (Dec 6) although with a shorter 30-minute lunch break.