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Major Chinese state-owned banks were reportedly buying dollars onshore on Friday to slow the yuan's rise. The yuan had strengthened to an eight-month high of 7.0895 per dollar, breaking chart resistance at 7.1.
A stronger yuan lowers the cost of Chinese imports and can shift feed buying and crush margins, but state intervention to cap gains signals policy limits on currency moves affecting Chinese demand for US and Brazilian feed commodities.
reuters.comAug 30, 2024After 362 past bearish macro events, Chinese Yuan (CNY per USD) moved a median -0.1% over 5 sessions (42% higher; middle half -0.4% to +0.1%), and -0.2% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
