SSE Rises 17 pts at Midday; Mainland Banks Firm; Robotics Concept Stocks Advance
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The central parity rate of RMB against USD was set at 6.8157, adjusted up by 46 bps MoM. The People's Bank of China conducted RMB215 billion of seven-day reverse repos today (5th) at an unchanged rate of 1.4%. With RMB123 billion of reverse repos maturing, there was a net injection of RMB92 billion for the day. The three major A-share indices opened 0.2% to 0.4% lower and then diverged.
At midday, the Shanghai Composite Index rose 17 pts, or 0.43%, to 4,075, with turnover of RMB835.848 billion. The Shenzhen Component Index fell 38 pts, or 0.24%, to 15,623, with turnover of nearly RMB1.05 trillion. The ChiNext Index dropped 33 pts, or 0.82%, to 4,055, with turnover of RMB487.984 billion.
Major mainland banking stocks were firm. ICBC (601398.SH) +0.100 (+1.383%) and CCB (601939.SH) +0.190 (+1.894%) rose 1.4% and 1.9%, respectively. Insurers also advanced, with CHINA LIFE (601628.SH) +0.680 (+2.093%) up 2.1% and CHINA PACIFIC INSURANCE (601601.SH) +0.280 (+0.903%) up 0.9%. BYD Company (002594.SZ) -0.910 (-0.974%) slipped nearly 1%, while CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX (300750.SZ) -0.890 (-0.218%) edged down 0.2%. ZTE (000063.SZ) +2.690 (+7.128%) surged 7.1%.
Among chip stocks, SMIC (688981.SH) -3.090 (-2.291%) fell 2.3% and HUA HONG (688347.SH) -5.350 (-2.193%) declined 2.2%. AI chip maker CAMBRICON (688256.SH) -15.430 (-1.135%) dropped 1.1%. Domestic GPU names METAX (688802.SH) +10.910 (+1.506%) and MOORE THREADS (688795.SH) +0.630 (+0.096%) gained 1.5% and 0.1%, respectively. LQKJ (688008.SH) -9.930 (-3.824%) slid 3.8%. Optical fibre maker YANGTZE OPTICAL FIBRE (601869.SH) +6.680 (+1.465%) rose 1.5%. Memory chip firm GIGADEVICE (603986.SH) -20.810 (-3.932%) lost 3.9%.
A-share "new stock king" SEMIGHT INSTRUMENTS (688808.SH) +96.500 (+4.552%) climbed 4.6% to RMB2,216.49, with a total market capitalization of RMB227.56 billion. KWEICHOW MOUTAI (600519.SH) +6.050 (+0.477%) added 0.5% to RMB1,274.05, with a total market capitalization of RMB1.59 trillion.
Robotics concept stocks performed strongly, with ZHONGZHONG SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (603135.SH) +1.280 (+10.039%) and YUHUAN CNC (002903.SZ) +4.360 (+10.011%) both hitting their daily upper limits. (jl/da)(A Shares quote is delayed for at least 15 mins.)