Peso touches new low of 60.97:$1 in AM trade; 61.08:$1 in PM session

UPDATED FOR AFTERNOON TRADING MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines’s peso slid to a record low on Tuesday, breaching the 61-per-dollar level for the first time in intraday trading READ: Peso depreciates to 60.48:$1 on Middle East war jitters In the afternoon session, the local currency touched an intraday low of 61.08, marking a fresh all-time