The central parity rate of the yuan against the US dollar is based on a weighted average of prices offered by market makers before the opening of the interbank market each business day
UltraTech importing from Russian producer SUEK, valued at 172.7 mn yuan; SUEK's Dubai unit facilitated trade from Russia's Vanino port; traders say other companies set to pay in yuan for Russian coal
While more reserves are now held in the renminbi, it is still less than one-fourth of the total shift away from the dollar, that too mostly by Russia
Foreign investors are dumping yuan and fleeing China post Covid-19 lockdown and rate cuts which is exacerbating foreign capital outflow
Struggling to find enough clients, banks have been swapping bills with each other just so they can meet regulatory requirements for corporate lending
Following the release of China's data, Bipan Rai, North America head of FX Strategy at CIBC Capital Markets, said trading was focused on macro economic data
The IMF raised the yuan's weighting to 12.28 per cent from 10.92
China's Yuan hit the lowest mark against the US dollar in the last 18 months on Tuesday, falling to 6.7134 against the dollar, the lowest figure since October 30, 2020.
A Covid flareup that shut down much of Shanghai appeared to worsen over the weekend after China ordered mandatory tests in a district of Beijing and locked down some areas of the capital
China's yuan touched its lowest level in more than a week against the US dollar as a narrowing yield gap and traders' concerns over the impact of the Ukraine crisis weighed
Analysts attributed the revival of risk appetite to the fact that Russian and Ukrainian negotiators hinted at progress in peace talks
Yuan was little changed against the dollar on Wednesday, as traders see limited short-term impact from the Russia-Ukraine crisis, while further western sanctions could benefit currency in long run.
Money raised by newly-launched private funds in China plunged 44% in January from a month earlier, amid a slowing economy and rising geopolitical tensions, latest official data showed.
China's yuan weakened against the dollar on Tuesday as investors rushed to safe-haven currencies amid elevated market anxiety after Putin ordered troops into breakaway regions of Eastern Ukraine.
China to unveil bigger tax and fee cuts this year and step up payments to local governments to offset their hit to revenues, Finance Minister Liu Kun said, amid efforts to support a slowing economy.
'Therefore Sino-US monetary policy divergence will likely become greater,' Guan Tao, global chief economist at BOC International said
Omicron has brought fresh challenges to China's strategy to quickly extinguish local outbreaks, and there are concerns that tough measures taken could end up hampering the economy
China's yuan strengthened on Wednesday to its highest level so far this year against the dollar
In the spot market, the onshore yuan opened at 6.3740 per dollar and was changing hands at 6.3737 at midday, 33 pips firmer than the previous late session close
The bonds in question are Hengda Real Estate Group's 4.5 billion yuan ($156.92 million) 6.98% January 2023 bond, which gives bondholders the option to sell bonds back to the issuer this weekend