Off the wire
• Market exchange rates in China -- Feb. 23  • 1st LD Writethru: Huge fire erupts at waste recycling factory in Sydney, no injuries so far  • Southern Ocean plankton faces extinction from global warming: Aussie study  • Tokyo stocks open lower as oil prices drop, yen rises  • Schalke overcome PAOK 4-1 on aggregate in UEFA Europa League  • Australia's Ross River virus has potential to become global epidemic: researchers  • Dollar trades in lower 113 yen zone in early deals in Tokyo  • Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Feb. 23  • Urgent: Huge fire erupts at waste recycling factory in Sydney,100 firefighters battling blaze  • Chris Paul could return as early as Thursday  
You are here: 　 Home

Chinese yuan strengthens to 6.8695 against USD Thursday

Xinhua, February 23, 2017 Adjust font size:

The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, strengthened 135 basis points to 6.8695 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. Enditem

(This article is generated by Xinhua News Robo