??? ???/??? ???? ?????? ???? ?.??% ?? ???.??.
The USD/CNY pair edged down 0.12% to 6.7038. U.S.-China tensions mounted over a potential $2.4 billion sale of U.S. anti-ship missiles to Taiwan, potentially encompassing as many as 100 Harpoon Coastal Defense Systems built by Boeing (NYSE:BA).
The systems in turn include up to 400 land-based missiles. China reacted to the news by slapping sanctions on U.S. companies, including Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT), Boeing Defense and Raytheon (NYSE:RTN) “in order to uphold national interests,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Monday. Meanwhile, the Chinese Communist Party will set the nation’s next five-year plan within the week.
The AUD/USD pair edged up 0.17% to 0.7134 and the NZD/USD pair edged up 0.1% to 0.6690. The GBP/USD pair inched up 0.10% to 1.3037.
