The Chinese yuan weakened against the U.S. dollar in the Asian session on Thursday.

Against the greenback, the yuan fell to a 6-day low of 6.2075. At yesterday's close, the yuan was trading at 6.2060 against the greenback.

If the yuan extends its downtrend, it is likely to find support around the 6.23 area.

The People Bank of China set today's central parity rate for yuan at 6.1150 per dollar, compared to Wednesday's reference rate of 6.1173. The central bank sets the reference rate every morning and allows the currency to move upto 2 percent from that level.

Traders await the nation's industrial production and retail sales data, bot for May, due shortly.

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