Investors look through stock information at a trading hall in Changchun, capital of northeast China's Jilin Province.

Chinese shares open higher; yuan weakens

January 18, 2019

Chinese stocks opened higher, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.32 per cent to open at 2,567.74 points…reports Asian Lite News

Investors look through stock information at a trading hall in Changchun, capital of northeast China’s Jilin Province.

The Shenzhen Component Index opened 0.22 per cent higher at 7,486.95 points.

Meanwhile, the central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, weakened 73 basis points to 6.7665 against the US dollar, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trade System.

In China’s spot foreign exchange market, the yuan is allowed to rise or fall by 2 per cent from the central parity rate each trading day.

The central parity rate of the yuan against the US dollar is based on a weighted average of prices offered by market makers before the opening of the interbank market each business day.

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