Chinese yuan unchanged

04 Aug, 2004

The yuan ended unchanged at 8.2770 per US dollar on Tuesday, near the stronger end of its managed trading range.
The one-year non-deliverable dollar forward discount versus the yuan was at 1,300 points implying a rate of 8.148 yuan per dollar in 12 months' time.
NDFs are a transaction 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 5.25/6.25 percent on Tuesday.
Implied volatility is a measure of how much the options market expects the price of the underlying asset to move during the life of the option.
The yuan moves in a band of 8.2760 to 8.2800 enforced by the central bank.
Turnover was not immediately available. It reached a thin $550 million on Monday.
The yuan weakened to 7.4463 against 100 Japanese yen from Monday's 7.4409, but strengthened against the euro to 9.9561 from 9.9741.

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