Benchmark dollar/yuan offshore implied volatilities fell to a six-week low on Friday as investors felt less urgency to hedge against the prospect of yuan appreciation amid increasing signs China may hesitate to let its currency rise sharply. Benchmark one-year implied dollar/yuan volatilities fell to an intraday low of 3.20 percent bid late on Friday, down from Thursday's close of 3.40 percent, while three-months dropped as low as 1.75 percent bid from 2.10 percent.
One-year dollar/yuan non-deliverable forwards (NDFs) rose to 6.6600 bid. Spot yuan closed at 6.7750 against the dollar, up from 6.7785 at Thursday's close but down 0.02 percent for the week, the second week of a marginal fall. The Chinese currency rose in the first two weeks after its depegging in mid-June. The PBOC set the yuan's mid-point against the dollar at 6.7718 on Friday, up only 0.03 percent from Thursday but matching the strongest mid-point on record. The yuan's mid-point versus the euro was fixed at 8.7459, down 1.53 percent.
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