2012.05.07 03:17:30 China Yuan Official Central Parity Rates For Monday

The China Foreign Exchange Trade System published the following official central parity rates for major currencies against the yuan Monday: Monday Friday USD/CNY 6.2858 6.2721 HKD/CNY 0.80978 0.80831 JPY/CNY* 7.8686 7.8245 EUR/CNY 8.1574 8.2456 GBP/CNY 10.1352 10.1530 AUD/CNY 6.3622 6.4336 CAD/CNY 6.2990 6.3464 CNY/MYR 0.48782 0.48378 CNY/RUB 4.7345 4.6906 *per 100 yen The daily central parity rate for the yuan versus the U.S. dollar is the weighted average of prices given by market makers. The highest and lowest offers are excluded from the calculation. In each daily trading session, the central bank allows the dollar/yuan rate to move no more than 1% above or below the central parity rate, and the yuan/ringgit and yuan/ruble to move no more than 5%. It allows other currency pairs to move as much as 3% above or below the central parity rate. Source: www.chinamoney.com.cn -China Bureau, Dow Jones Newswires; 8621 6120-1200; djnews.shanghai@dowjones.com (END) Dow Jones Newswires May 06, 2012 21:17 ET (01:17 GMT)