sentences: - the philippine stock exchange index (psei) rallied, closing at 8,521.81 index points as of to help finance public infrastructure programs; (ii) positive investor sentiment over domestic q3 2017 earnings and end of the drawn-out conflict in marawi city; and - meanwhile, the peso depreciated on a year-to-date basis in october 2017 up to the first week of november 2017 amid strong corporate demand and expectations of the us fed turning more hawkish.