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title: "The ice is melting, over 3,500 stocks in three markets have risen, pay attention to layout opportunities for products like A500ETF E Fund (159361)"
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description: "On March 18th, the three major A-share indices collectively closed higher, with a trading volume exceeding 2 trillion yuan and over 3,500 stocks rising. Hardware stocks such as computing power leasing, CPO, and storage chips led the gains, while sectors like oil and gas extraction and liquor saw significant declines. Hong Kong stocks rebounded in the afternoon, with AI intelligent body concept stocks performing well. The Taikang CSI A500 Index rose by 0.6%, the CSI 300 Index increased by 0.5%, the ChiNext Index climbed by 2.0%, the Shanghai Stock Exchange Science and Technology Innovation Board 50 Component Index rose by 1.4%, and the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index increased by 0.1%"
datetime: "2026-03-18T11:33:14.000Z"
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# The ice is melting, over 3,500 stocks in three markets have risen, pay attention to layout opportunities for products like A500ETF E Fund (159361)

On March 18, the three major A-share indices collectively closed higher, with the total transaction volume exceeding 2 trillion yuan and over 3,500 stocks rising. In terms of sectors, stocks related to computing power leasing, CPO, storage chips, liquid-cooled servers, components, copper cable high-speed connections, and PCBs saw the largest gains, while sectors such as oil and gas extraction and services, liquor, grain, coal mining and processing, fertilizers, real estate, and wind power equipment experienced the largest declines. Hong Kong stocks rebounded in the afternoon, with AI intelligent body concept stocks leading the gains.

By the close, the Taikang CSI A500 ETF rose 0.6%, the CSI 300 Index rose 0.5%, the ChiNext Index rose 2.0%, the SSE Science and Technology Innovation Board 50 Index rose 1.4%, and the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index rose 0.1%.

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