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China’s largest brokerage emerges from Guotai Junan-Haitong merger

Haitong’s shareholders will be able to swap their shares for Guotai Junan stock or receive cash in lieu.

22 Nov 2024 - 4:13PM

Hong Kong stock sell-off deepens with benchmark capping weekly loss

22 Nov 2024 - 4:31PM

Hong Kong stocks fall after 3 days of gains as traders await catalysts

21 Nov 2024 - 4:37PM

Hong Kong stocks rise as Howard Marks and Bob Prince see bargains in China

Oaktree Capital’s Howard Marks says the investment firm was looking for bargains on the onshore market.

20 Nov 2024 - 5:07PM

A screen shows stock market movements in Beijing. Photo: AFP

Hong Kong stocks rise as China pledges support at financial summit

Vice-Premier He Lifeng outlines plans to boost listings, market access and yuan trading, while Trip.com’s strong earnings lifts sentiment.

19 Nov 2024 - 4:29PMvideocam

Chinese banks surge on CSRC guideline urging more shareholder returns

Chinese banks soar after regulator pushes for increased shareholder returns, aiming to enhance stock prices and corporate governance.

18 Nov 2024 - 7:34PM

Top bankers gather in Hong Kong for summit as regulators promise more reforms

Chinese Vice-Premier He Lifeng, who is bringing a huge delegation, will deliver a keynote speech.

18 Nov 2024 - 9:02PM

CSRC Vice-Chairman Li Ming appears at the HKEX Connect Summit in Hong Kong on November 18, 2024. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Hong Kong stocks halt 6-day decline, led by Chinese banks

Listed companies with stock prices below book value need to come up with plans to reverse course, the CSRC said on Friday.

18 Nov 2024 - 4:20PM

How the idea to link up Asia’s 2 largest stock markets was born

The exchange link between Shanghai and Hong Kong went live on November 17, 2014.

16 Nov 2024 - 9:40AM

Hong Kong stocks cap 6-day slide as China data fails to impress

Retail sales growth of 4.8 per cent and a slower decline in home prices were not enough to raise investors’ spirits.

15 Nov 2024 - 4:46PM

People walk in a popular outdoor shopping mall in Beijing on November 14, 2024. Photo: AP

Hong Kong stock market operates as normal during first-ever typhoon trading day

Turnover of HK$173.31 billion (US$22.2 billion) exceeds the 10-month daily average of HK$127.8 billion, but falls short of HK$184.66 billion a day earlier.

15 Nov 2024 - 9:59AM

Pedestrians walk past Exchange Sqaure in Central under the Storm Signal No.8. Photo: Sam Tsang

Hong Kong stocks cap longest losing run in 2 months on stimulus letdown

Investors have started to ‘lose confidence and patience’ as they wait for China to enact ‘whatever it takes’ measures, analyst says.

13 Nov 2024 - 4:24PM

UBS cuts China stock forecast amid Trump tariff threat, weak stimulus

Swiss money manager cuts mid-2025 and end-2025 targets for MSCI China Index because of tariff uncertainties and disappointing stimulus.

13 Nov 2024 - 10:22AM

China’s market regulator strikes positive tone as investors expect turbulence

CSRC boss Wu Qing urges securities firms and asset managers to enhance their capabilities and strengthen risk controls.

11 Nov 2024 - 12:59PM

A man waits to cross a road in the central business district of Beijing on November 10, 2024. Photo: AFP

Hong Kong, China stocks weaken as Beijing policy move disappoints

Sentiment suffers with prospect of tariffs, slower global growth, rising inflation and potentially fewer Fed rate cuts, say Nomura analysts.

11 Nov 2024 - 5:20PM

Screens show stock information outside Exchange Square in Central, Hong Kong, on February 15, 2024. Photo: Sun Yeung

Hong Kong futures slide after Beijing unveils plan for local government debt

In the regular session, the Hang Seng Index declined 1.1 per cent, but things went south after the close.

8 Nov 2024 - 10:42PMvideocam

Trump’s return is not all bad news for Chinese stock investors: analysts

Trump’s presidency is often associated with trade war and tariffs, while huge stock returns are overlooked.

7 Nov 2024 - 5:38PMvideocam

Hong Kong stocks erase drop on bets Beijing to boost and front-load stimulus

New data showed that China’s export growth surged to a 27-month high in October, rising 12.7 per cent from a year earlier.

7 Nov 2024 - 5:59PMvideocam

A screen showing the Hang Seng index level after Trump secured more than 270 votes to win the US presidential election. Photo: EPA-EFE

Hong Kong stocks slump as traders pare risky bets before US election results

Trump was three votes away from taking back the White House at press time; traders assess potential fallouts on global trade, financial markets.

6 Nov 2024 - 5:23PMvideocam

Hong Kong stocks rise for third day as Nongfu, SMIC surge on bullish China data

Latest reports showed China’s services sector and manufacturing activity expanded in October after Beijing’s stimulus blitz.

5 Nov 2024 - 5:11PMvideocam

BYD, Xpeng lift Hong Kong stocks on record sales as traders await fresh stimulus

China’s top legislative body could deliver a much-awaited fiscal stimulus this week, while the Fed is seen extending its monetary easing.

4 Nov 2024 - 5:03PMvideocam

Pedestrians pass by an electronic board in Shanghai displaying stock prices on October 10, 2024. Photo: AP Photo

China’s stocks see ever-slimmer profits as economic slump hits hard

The profits of 5,000 companies on the mainland’s three exchanges dropped 3.7 per cent in the three months that ended in September, China Merchants Securities said.

1 Nov 2024 - 8:01PM

Pedestrians in the rain at Taikoo Li Sanlitun in Beijing on July 30, 2024. Photo: AP

Hong Kong stocks rise as China property sales return to growth

Home sales by China’s 22 key property developers jumped 66 per cent from a month earlier in October.

1 Nov 2024 - 4:27PM

Hong Kong stocks notch up monthly loss as BYD slumps

Investors shrug off China manufacturing report, look to possible stimulus from legislative meeting and outcome of US election next week.

31 Oct 2024 - 5:11PM

Hong Kong stocks fall on mixed earnings and prospect of China fiscal stimulus

Investors gear up for National People’s Congress Standing Committee meeting next week.

30 Oct 2024 - 4:25PM

Pedestrians cross the street in Central. Photo: Dickson Lee

China’s NPC meeting key to galvanise US$4 trillion market rally

Investors expect China’s legislators to inject stimulus to propel a rally that has already added trillions to markets on the mainland and Hong Kong.

30 Oct 2024 - 7:43AM

The standing committee of the National People’s Congress will convene in Beijing from November 4 to 8. Photo: Xinhua

Hong Kong stocks cap longest winning streak in 4 weeks; HSBC rallies

HSBC rose to six-year high after quarterly profit beat analysts’ estimates, helping lift Hang Seng Index in longest winning streak in four weeks.

29 Oct 2024 - 4:36PM

Hong Kong stocks rise slightly amid China stimulus outlook, weak industrial profits

Goldman Sachs analyst: ‘We expect more fiscal easing and believe it holds the key for the effectiveness of the ongoing stimulus package’.

28 Oct 2024 - 4:39PM

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A-shares

A-share focus is for readers wanting to know more about mainland Chinese investment markets, and especially the A-share market in Shanghai, which has become accessible to international investors since the launch of the Shanghai-Hong Kong stock connect scheme in late 2014.

last updated:

9 September, 2024