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Chinese yuan weakens to 6.1172 against USD Thursday

Xinhua, July 23, 2015 Adjust font size:

The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, weakened by 4 basis points to 6.1172 against the U.S. dollar on Thursday, 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