SHANGHAI, August 2 (SMM) –
The central bank launched a 9 billion yuan 7-day reverse repurchase operation today, with a winning bid rate of 1.9%, the same as before. As 104 billion yuan of reverse repurchases expired today, a net return of 95 billion yuan was achieved.
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