People's Bank of China set the onshore yuan mid-rate for the trading session ahead.

Reuters estimate from their survey was 6.4531, Bloomberg 6.4510

So, the PBOC set the onshore yuan quite a bit weaker than was expected in those two surveys.

PBOC add in 2bn yuan through 7-day RRs in open market operations

  • 10bn mature today
  • thus a net 8bn drain