HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's de-facto central bank bought HK$4.671 billion ($595.12 million) from the market in New York trading hours to stop the local currency weakening and breaking its peg to the U.S. dollar.
The Hong Kong dollar is pegged to a tight band of between 7.75 and 7.85 versus the U.S. dollar.
The aggregate balance - the key gauge of cash in the banking system - will decrease to HK$44.527 billion on May 5, an HKMA spokesperson said on Thursday.
($1 = 7.8489 Hong Kong dollars)
(Reporting by Donny Kwok; Editing by Leslie Adler)
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| 5.722 HKD | +0.15% | +0.65% | - | ||
| 9.785 HKD | +0.33% | +0.37% | - | ||
| 8.389 HKD | +0.12% | +0.41% | - | ||
| 7.829 HKD | -0.02% | -0.02% | - | ||
| 0.094 HKD | +0.02% | +0.32% | - | ||
| 0.6501 USD | +0.05% | +1.35% | - | ||
| 0.012 USD | +0.03% | 0.00% | - | ||
| 0.7308 USD | +0.17% | +0.67% | - | ||
| 0.5956 USD | +0.34% | +0.73% | - | ||
| 5.108 AUD | +0.40% | +0.89% | - | ||
| 1.069 USD | -0.07% | +0.43% | - | ||
| 1.247 USD | +0.11% | +0.39% | - | ||
| 2,664 PTS | -1.74% | +0.01% | - | ||
