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Chinese yuan hits new high vs dollar

SHANGHAI -- China's currency rose to a fresh high against the US dollar on Monday, as the central bank set its rate at 7.8402 yuan per dollar, the highest level since the current exchange system was set up in July 2005.

Trading was light as dealers tried to figure out why the People's Bank of China had shifted the official parity rate -- a weighted average of prices given by market makers, excluding the highest and lowest offers -- to well above 7.8500.

China's central bank does not comment on its currency market activities.

China allows the dollar-yuan rate to move no more than 0.3 percent above or below the daily parity rate each day. Other currency pairs -- the yuan's values against the Japanese yen, Hong Kong dollar, euro and British pound -- are allowed to move within 3 percent of the parity rate each day.

Monday's official rate compared with an over-the-counter ra