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Chinese yuan strengthens to 6.8217 against USD Thursday
BEIJING, Sept. 6, 2018 (BSS/Xinhua) – The central parity rate of the
Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, strengthened 49 basis points to
6.8217 against the U.S. dollar Thursday, 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 Thursday by
the China Foreign Exchange Trade System:
Currency Unit Central parity rate in yuan
U.S. dollar 100 682.17
Euro 100 793.88
Japanese yen 100 6.1210
Hong Kong dollar 100 86.912
British pound 100 881.17
Australian dollar 100 490.91
New Zealand dollar 100 450.07
Singapore dollar 100 496.32
Swiss franc 100 702.64
Canadian dollar 100 517.93
Malaysian ringgit 60.745 100
Ruble 999.16 100
Rand 225.95 100
Korean won 16,396 100
UAE dirham 53.845 100
Saudi riyal 54.986 100
Hungarian forint 4,125.92 100
Polish zloty 54.488 100
Danish krone 93.91 100
Swedish krona 132.66 100
Norwegian krone 123.09 100
Turkish lira 96.562 100
Mexican peso 283.53 100
Thai baht 480.30 100
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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