China's state-run media are trying to do something the securities industry has failed to accomplish for much of the past three years: get the world's biggest population to buy more stocks. The official Xinhua News Agency published at ...
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Billions of dollars are flowing into Hong Kong's Yuan-denominated exchange-traded funds as offshore investors rally behind China's undervalued stocks, Reuters reported, citing data from researcher Morningstar. As a scheme to allow more ...
On the 11th floor of the Fukai Building in Beijing's Financial Street, representatives of securities firms are waiting for special documents — written approvals from the China Securities Regulatory Commission for new share issues. ...
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Chinese industrial businesses saw profits rise 9.7 percent year on year in November, slowing from 15.1 percent in October, official data showed on Friday. Total profits of industrial companies with annual revenues of more than 20 million ...
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China's producer price index (PPI) contracted 1.4 percent year on year in November, following a 1.5-percent drop in October, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed on Monday. The index, which measures inflation at the ...
China's manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) dipped to 50.8 in November, beating the flash estimate of 50.4, a HSBC survey showed on Monday. However, the final reading of the HSBC November manufacturing PMI was down a notch from ...
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Chinese shares fell on Thursday after rising more than one percent in the previous session, led by 4G related shares, as investors took profits after 4G licenses were issued. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index went down 0.21 percent, ...
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A worker examines the gas supply system at a specialty steel plant in Dalian, Liaoning province. From January to October, large industrial enterprises' profits rose 13.7 percent year-on-year. Liu Debi Industrial companies saw their profits ...
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China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 2.6 percent year on year in August, down from 2.7 percent in July, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Monday. The country's consumer inflation has stayed ...
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Chinese stock market posted this year's widest daily gains on Monday as newly released data concerning consumer inflation, producer price and foreign trade pointed to a strengthening economy. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index rose ...
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Chinese shares closed higher on Tuesday as prospects for Shanghai Free Trade Zone continues to boost market sentiment. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.34 percent, or 7.09 points, to end at 2,103.57. The Shenzhen Component ...
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China’s stocks rose for a fifth day on Monday, continuing their longest stretch of gains in two months thanks to a services gauge that rose for the first time since March, Bloomberg reported. Shanghai Friendship Group (600827.SHA) and ...
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A forthcoming audit of overall government debt in China is expected to reveal the status quo of growing government debt and its potential risks amid the country's economic slowdown. The planned nationwide audit follows a previous one ...
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China credit crunch fears sent the stockmarket tumbling almost 1.5 per cent lower, with investors fleeing materials as China called on its banks to control credit expansion risks and declared liquidity in its financial system was at "a ...
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US stocks pushed to the highest levels in nearly three weeks as investors await news on whether the Federal Reserve will pull back on its stimulus measures. Small-company stocks were among the best performers in Tuesday's rally, with the ...