BEIJING / WAM The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, weakened 97 pips to 7.1212 against the US dollar on Monday, state media Xinhua quoted the China Foreign Exchange Trade System as saying. In China’s spot foreign exchange market, the yuan is allowed to rise or fall by 2 percent from the central parity rate …

BLOOMBERG The rally in Japanese stocks that pushed the nation’s blue-chip gauge ahead of the world’s other major benchmarks this year could slow down. The Nikkei 225 Stock Average will rise about 1% from current levels to 32,750 by year-end, according to the median estimate of six responses in a Bloomberg News survey. While that would lift the Nikkei to …

BLOOMBERG Stocks inched higher as traders prepared for a week packed with interest-rate decisions from major central banks. Tesla Inc. was poised to set a record winning streak. Modest gains in US futures signaled a further advance into bull-market territory for the S&P 500 as bets on a Federal Reserve pause after 10 straight rate hikes buoyed contracts for the …