
China's major state-owned banks were reportedly seen selling US dollars to buy yuan in onshore and offshore spot markets in early Asian trade, according to three sources. The yuan strengthened over 0.6% to a high of 7.1411 per dollar but remains down about 3.5% year-to-date.
State bank intervention to support the yuan signals Beijing's effort to limit depreciation, which can ease pressure on import costs for Chinese feed buyers and moderately affect dollar-denominated soybean and corn demand.
After 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.