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Published in TZ Latest News 12 January, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff

China holds the line on yuan, markets offer muted cheer

China’s central bank held the line on its yuan for a fourth straight session on Wednesday while putting the squeeze on offshore sellers of the currency, dampening fears of a sustained depreciation – at least for now. Investors globally seemed to welcome the stabilization, bidding up equities and yuan proxies such as the Australian dollar while knocking back the safe-haven yen. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) set the mid-point for the yuan at 6.5630 to the dollar (CNY=CFXS), virtually unchanged from firm fixes on the previous two days.