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Chinese yuan strengthens to 6.4787 against USD Monday

Xinhua, April 18, 2016 Adjust font size:

The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, advanced 121 basis points to 6.4787 against the U.S. dollar Monday, 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