The yuan on Monday ended a notch stronger at 8.2764 per US dollar, near the stronger end of its managed trading range. The one-year non-deliverable dollar forward discount versus the yuan was at 3,850 points, implying a rate of 7.8930 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 6.25/7.40 percent.
The yuan moves in a band of 8.2760 to 8.2800 enforced by the central bank. Turnover, which came to $870 million on Friday, was not immediately available. The yuan softened to 7.6537 per 100 Japanese yen from 7.6413. It also weakened against the euro to 10.7112 from 10.5997.