The yuan ended two notches weaker versus the dollar at 8.2770 on Friday, remaining near the stronger end of its managed trading range.
The one-year non-deliverable dollar forward discount versus the yuan was at 3,600 points implying a rate of 7.918 yuan per dollar in 12 months' time.
NDFs are transactions where a forward price is agreed between a customer and a bank, but settlement on the value date is undertaken entirely in US dollars.
One-year implied yuan volatility was traded at 7.75/8.70 percent on Friday.
The yuan moves in a band of 8.2760 to 8.2800 enforced by the central bank.
Turnover for the day was temporarily unavailable. It rose to $830 million on Thursday. The yuan strengthened to 7.9362 against 100 Japanese yen from 7.9472 but softened against the euro to 10.2168 from 10.1552.