Chinese bourses mixed at midday: Shanghai Composite +0.24%, Shenzhen Composite
-0.06%, ChiNext -0.34%, Beijing 50 +0.35%, STAR 50 -0.60%. Turnover across
Shanghai and Shenzhen CNY1.21 trillion, down CNY46.5 billion from the prior
session. Breadth weak with more than 3,500 stocks falling. Grain sector extended
multi-day gains—COFCO Technology posted a second straight daily limit-up and
several peers hit limit-up. Coal-mining stocks rallied intraday, with Yunmei
Energy, Zhengzhou Coal & Power and Dayou Energy at limit-up. Ports and shipping
strengthened; Nanjing Port, China Merchants Energy Shipping and Haitong
Development hit limit-up. Military-equipment names rebounded; Yaxing Anchor
Chain and Hunan Tianyan hit limit-up. Media and publishing plunged, with
multiple stocks at or touching limit-down, and real estate names slid—broker I
Love My Home fell about 9%.
