(Yicai Global) Oct. 18 -- The China Foreign Exchange Trade System, the interbank trading and foreign exchange division under China's central bank the People's Bank of China, pegged the yuan central parity rate 99 basis points stronger against the dollar at 7.0690 basis points this morning.

CFETS fixes the benchmark parity rate on the morning of each business day. Spot rates may swing 2 percent above or below its figure.

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