China's yuan inched up against the dollar on Friday morning but is set to post its biggest weekly loss in five weeks, as market participants look to a more gradual pace of decline in the currency in months ahead. By midday, the yuan was changing hands at 6.5880 per dollar, gaining 0.1 percent from Thursday's close, buoyed by a 0.2 percent weakening of the greenback in Asian morning trade. It is on track to end the week 0.4 percent weaker, its biggest weekly loss since the week of May 13.
On Friday, the central bank set the midpoint rate at 6.5795 per dollar prior to market open, slightly weaker than the previous fix 6.5739. This week's sharp fluctuation sent the yuan to its weakest level in more than five years on Wednesday, at 6.6047.tion movements in Asian trade, traders said.
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