MANILA, Feb. 8 -- Strong jobs data in the Philippines and healthy earnings for the fourth quarter of 2023 in the US markets boosted the local index and currency on Thursday's trading.

The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) completed the week's trading with gains, with the fresh improvement of 20.12 points in the overall counter to close at 6,850.16.

The broader All Shares also increased by 7.45 points at 3,574.21.

"The 4Q23 earnings season has been stronger than expected, giving investors confidence that the healthy economy could continue driving corporate profits," Regina Capital Development Corp. head of sales Luis Limlingan said.

"Back home, sentiment got a boost from easing unemployment rate. The latter was reported to have ea...