Mainland A-shares closed lower: Shanghai Composite -0.59%, Shenzhen Composite
Index -2.05%, ChiNext -3.32%, STAR 50 -2.3%. Market breadth was weak with more
than 4,700 stocks down. Electronic components and board suppliers led losses,
with several names hitting daily limit-downs. The compute-hardware segment
opened slightly higher then slid, with multiple suppliers plunging. Film and
cinema chains outperformed, including several limit-ups among Hengdian, Jinyi
and China Film and broad gains across the sector. Pork processors and listed
banks were active: pork producers hit limit-up and Qingdao Bank and Jiangsu Bank
reached record highs.
