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

In other economic news, data from National Bureau of Statistics showed that home prices in majority of the Chinese cities decreased in October. On a monthly basis, house prices fell 33 cities out of 70 surveyed by the NBS. It climbed in 27 cities and remained unchanged in 10 cities.

Against the greenback, the yuan fell to nearly a 2-month low of 6.3863 from yesterday's closing value of 6.3700.

If the yuan extends its downtrend, it is likely to find support around the 6.40 area.

The People Bank of China set today's central parity rate for yuan at 6.3796 per dollar, compared to Tuesday's reference rate of 6.3740. The central bank sets the reference rate every morning and allows the currency to move upto 2 percent from that level.

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