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Chinese yuan strengthens to 6.1588 against USD Friday

Xinhua, March 13, 2015 Adjust font size:

The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, strengthened by 29 basis points to 6.1588 against the U.S. dollar on Friday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trading 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. Endi