Mainland A-shares strengthened into midday; the ChiNext index rose 1.73%, reclaiming the 3,600 level intraday, the Shenzhen Composite Index gained 1.25% and the Shanghai Composite added 0.32%. Turnover on both bourses exceeded CNY1.3 trillion and about 3,500 stocks advanced. Compute-hardware-related sectors led gains — optical fiber, CPO, semiconductors, lithography equipment and communications gear; cinema chains remained active and brain-computer-interface names spiked before midday. Oil and g

Mainland A-shares strengthened into midday; the ChiNext index rose 1.73%, reclaiming the 3,600 level intraday, the Shenzhen Composite Index gained 1.25% and the Shanghai Composite added 0.32%. Turnover on both bourses exceeded CNY1.3 trillion and about 3,500 stocks advanced. Compute-hardware-related sectors led gains — optical fiber, CPO, semiconductors, lithography equipment and communications gear; cinema chains remained active and brain-computer-interface names spiked before midday. Oil and gas extraction and coal sectors opened weak and slid further, while livestock farming pulled back.