A-shares opened sharply lower; ChiNext opened down 4.99% then recovered intraday before retreating. At midday the Shanghai Composite was down 1.14%, the Shenzhen Composite Index down 2.22% and ChiNext down 3.5%. Combined turnover on the two exchanges exceeded 1.1 tln yuan and more than 4,500 stocks fell. Defensive and financial groups led gains — livestock, planting, power and banks outperformed. PV equipment and battery names spiked then pulled back; cultural media and cinema saw pockets of buy

A-shares opened sharply lower; ChiNext opened down 4.99% then recovered intraday before retreating. At midday the Shanghai Composite was down 1.14%, the Shenzhen Composite Index down 2.22% and ChiNext down 3.5%. Combined turnover on the two exchanges exceeded 1.1 tln yuan and more than 4,500 stocks fell. Defensive and financial groups led gains — livestock, planting, power and banks outperformed. PV equipment and battery names spiked then pulled back; cultural media and cinema saw pockets of buying. Compute-hardware stocks fell broadly, with several sub-sectors among the largest decliners.