Chinese yuan weakens last week

Source: Xinhua| 2020-05-25 12:32:30|Editor: huaxia

BEIJING, May 25 (Xinhua) -- China's yuan weakened against a basket of currencies last week, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trade System (CFETS).

The CFETS yuan exchange rate composite index, which measures the yuan's strength relative to a basket of currencies, came in at 93.19 on May 22, down 0.6 points from a week earlier, according to the CFETS.

The index compares the yuan with the value of 24 currencies, including the U.S. dollar, euro and Japanese yen.

Last week also saw an index that measures the yuan against the Bank for International Settlements currency basket down 0.61 points to 96.95.

The index measuring the yuan against the Special Drawing Rights basket went down 0.39 points to 91.5. Enditem

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