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CHINA MARKETS: Yuan Weaker; Rates Lower; Stocks Down

     BEIJING (MNI) - The yuan rose against the U.S. dollar Monday morning even
though the People's Bank of China set a weaker daily fixing. 
     The yuan was last at 6.6456 against the U.S. unit, compared with the
official closing price of 6.6528 on Friday. 
     The PBOC set the yuan central parity rate against the U.S. dollar at 6.6487
on Monday, weaker than Friday's 6.6473.
     Money market rates fell Monday morning after the PBOC injected CNY40
billion in liquidity via open-market operations. The seven-day repo average was
last at 2.7456% Monday, lower than Friday's average of 2.8617%. The overnight
repo average was at 2.6526%, lower than Friday's 2.7557%.
     The yield on benchmark 10-year China government bonds was last at 3.8800%,
up from the previous close of 3.8300%, according to Wind, a financial data
provider. 
     Stocks were down, led lower by the storage and telecommunication sectors.
The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index was last down 1.06% at 3,380.71. Hong
Kong's Hang Seng Index was 0.11% higher at 28,470.98.
--MNI Beijing Bureau; +86 (10) 8532-5998; email: iris.ouyang@marketnews.com
--MNI Beijing Bureau; +86 (10) 8532-5998; email: vince.morkri@marketnews.com
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