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Shanghai benchmark hits 10-year high as easing deflation lifts sentiment

[SHANGHAI] Mainland China and Hong Kong stocks advanced on Friday (Jan 9), with the Shanghai benchmark topping the psychologically important 4,100 points to a decade high, as investor sentiment improv...

The Straits Times Index ended the year at 4,646.21, about 0.2% down.  

2025’s winners and laggards: STI posts best gains in years; South Korea, Vietnam outshine regional peers

The Straits Times Index turns in its strongest performance in at least four years, with a total return of 22.7% in 2025

The Shanghai bourse said qualified foreign institutional investors will be allowed to trade options for hedging purposes, and can submit applications immediately.

China opens stock option market to foreign investors

The announcement comes on the heels of measueres to lure global investors into China’s bond market

At market close, the Shanghai Composite index was up 1.5% at 3,883.56, the highest since August 2015.

Shanghai stock benchmark hits new decade high, Hong Kong nears 4-year peak

Rare earth sector rallies 6.5% to its highest since 2021 as Beijing announces new supply control measures.

The surge in semiconductor stocks as investor bets the Chinese players would be expected to serve as alternative suppliers.

Chinese stocks lead global markets as chip shares skyrocket

An index of Shanghai-listed stocks has hit the highest level in a decade

A US$10,000 investment in the S&P 500 Index a decade ago would now have more than trebled in value, while the same amount in China’s CSI 300 benchmark would’ve added just around US$3,000.

China’s US$11 trillion stock market is a headache for both Xi and Trump

Instead of incentivising consumers to spend, poor equity returns have nudged them towards saving

On the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (above). The S&P 500 continues to make new highs despite growing evidence of stagflation.
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Big state-owned insurance companies will be directed to raise both the size and proportion of their investments in Chinese stocks listed on the mainland and equity funds.

China unveils plan to encourage insurance funds into stock markets

CHINA said on Wednesday (Jan 22) it will guide big state insurers and commercial insurance funds to increase investments in the A-share market, in a latest move to boost its lagging stock market.