Zhou Xiaochuan

European markets soothed by Chinese assurances

 

KEEPING SCORE: In Europe, France's CAC-40 climbed 0.5 percent to 4,545 while Germany's DAX rose 0.6 percent to 10,102. The FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was 0.5 percent higher at 6,073. Wall Street is closed Monday for the Labor Day holiday.

Chinese central bank governor says currency stable

The yuan's exchange rate against the dollar "tends to be stable," Zhou Xiaochuan said at a meeting of finance officials of the Group of 20 major economies in Turkey on Friday, according to a central bank statement.

Beijing said the Aug. 11 devaluation was part of efforts aimed at making the yuan's state-set exchange rate more market-oriented. But coming without warning amid a collapse in Chinese share prices, it caused anxiety in financial markets.