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Chinese yuan weakens to 7.0879 against USD Friday
BEIJING, Aug. 30, 2019 (BSS/Xinhua) – The central parity rate of the
Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, weakened 21 pips to 7.0879 against
the U.S. dollar Friday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trade System.
In China’s spot foreign exchange market, the yuan is allowed to rise or
fall by 2 percent from the central parity rate each trading day.
The central parity rate of the yuan against the U.S. dollar is based on a
weighted average of prices offered by market makers before the opening of the
interbank market each business day.
The following are the central parity rates of the Chinese currency
renminbi, or the yuan, against 24 major currencies announced on Friday by the
China Foreign Exchange Trade System:
Currency Unit Central parity rate in yuan
U.S. dollar 100 708.79
Euro 100 786.61
Japanese yen 100 6.6845
Hong Kong dollar 100 90.332
British pound 100 867.91
Australian dollar 100 479.40
New Zealand dollar 100 449.59
Singapore dollar 100 513.14
Swiss franc 100 722.17
Canadian dollar 100 536.15
Malaysian ringgit 59.203 100
Ruble 932.60 100
Rand 215.10 100
Korean won 16,975 100
UAE dirham 51.562 100
Saudi riyal 52.649 100
Hungarian forint 4,207.08 100
Polish zloty 55.694 100
Danish krone 94.70 100
Swedish krona 137.30 100
Norwegian krone 127.73 100
Turkish lira 81.945 100
Mexican peso 282.68 100
Thai baht 430.00 100
The central parity rate of the yuan against the U.S. dollar is based on a
weighted average of prices offered by market makers before the opening of the
interbank market each business day.
The central parity rate of the yuan against the Hong Kong dollar is based
on the central parity rate of the yuan against the U.S. dollar and the
exchange rate of the Hong Kong dollar against the U.S. dollar at 9 a.m. in
international foreign exchange markets on the same business day.
The central parity rates of the yuan against the other 22 currencies are
based on the average prices offered by market makers before the opening of
the interbank foreign exchange market.
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