China's banking regulator out with some stats earlier 14 Aug

  • ($245.92bln) vs 1.58 tlrn yuan end-March
  • NPL(Non-Perfoming Loan) ratio steady at 1.74%, unchanged from end-March
  • weighted average core Tier 1 capital adequacy ratio 10.64% vs 10.79% end-March
  • China banks end-Q2 total assets rise 11.5% yy to 243.2trln yuan
  • end-Q2 liabilities up 11.5% yy to 224.9trkn yuan
  • commercial banks Q2 net interest margin 2.05% vs 2.03% in Q1

Not market moving data. Posting for general info.

Meanwhile those levels I mentioned earlier all holding for the moment. Some large option expiries also in play

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