A-shares reversed early gains to close lower: Shanghai Composite -0.30%, Shenzhen Composite Index -0.79%, ChiNext Index -0.78%. Livestock sector led advances—pork, poultry, fisheries and feed names strong; Luoniushan, New Hope and Zhongshui Fishery hit limit-up. Grain names recovered from an early dip; Yasheng Group and Dunhuang Seed hit limit-up. Maritime equipment outperformed with China shipbuilding-related stocks leading; China Shipbuilding rose over 9%. Liquor stocks rallied on a yellow-win

2026-09-04

A-shares reversed early gains to close lower: Shanghai Composite -0.30%, Shenzhen Composite Index -0.79%, ChiNext Index -0.78%. Livestock sector led advances—pork, poultry, fisheries and feed names strong; Luoniushan, New Hope and Zhongshui Fishery hit limit-up. Grain names recovered from an early dip; Yasheng Group and Dunhuang Seed hit limit-up. Maritime equipment outperformed with China shipbuilding-related stocks leading; China Shipbuilding rose over 9%. Liquor stocks rallied on a yellow-wine theme; Guyue Longshan and Kuaijishan hit limit-up. Other notable gainers included tourism & hotels, beverages & food, digital currency, retail, film, building materials & cement, and AI applications. Technology stocks broadly pulled back; memory chips, MLCC, CPO, helium, lithography equipment, PCB, liquid-cooled servers and humanoid-robot names were among the worst performers. Turnover across Shanghai and Shenzhen reached 2.03 tln yuan, up roughly 271.8 bln yuan vs. the previous session; about 2,200 stocks advanced and 2,800 declined.