(Bloomberg) -- Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication says in an emailed statement.
- The renminbi ranks as fifth most widely used currency for global transactions vs sixth a year earlier
- Market share of the USD rose to 39.4%
- Euro’s use fell to 34.2%, about the same level as last month
- Spread between USD and Euro’s market share widened to 5.2%
- U.K. is ranked second in countries using the CNY (following Hong Kong) with 5.46% of trade transactions conducted
- NOTE: Due to significant delta between the fixed USD/VEF rate and the effective rate applied, Bloomberg removes the Venezuelan bolivar from this analysis
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