BEIJING: China's commercial banks saw a net foreign exchange (forex) settlement deficit of 74.1 billion yuan (about $10.32 billion) in August, narrowing by 30 percent from a month ago, official data showed on Friday.

In yuan terms, forex purchases by banks stood at 1.39 trillion yuan, while sales reached about 1.46 trillion yuan, data from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange showed.

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