Yuan eyes worst weekly loss in two month

Yuan trades 0.27% lower on the week as dollar draws month-end bids.
USD/CNY looks oversold as per weekly chart indicators.
The Chinese yuan (CNY) is currently trading at 6.5785 per US dollar, representing a 0.27% drop for the week.

If these losses are held through Friday’s close, it will be the biggest weekly decline since the third week of September.

China’s industrial profits rose for the sixth straight month in October, and at the fastest rate in nine years, data released early Friday showed. So far, however, the data has failed to put a bid under the yuan. The greenback is reportedly benefitting from the month-end corporate demand for the US dollar.

Besides, the USD/CNY pair looks oversold, according to the below-30 reading on the 14-week Relative Strength Index. As such, a corrective bounce could be seen in the next couple of weeks.