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Chinese yuan weakens to 6.4891 against USD Thursday

Xinhua, April 14, 2016 Adjust font size:

The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, weakened 300 basis points to 6.4891 against the U.S. dollar 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