China A-shares opened lower then rallied on heavy volume; the three major
indices turned positive after an early sell-off. The ChiNext Index briefly fell
more than 2% at the open before reversing; the STAR 50 Index jumped over 5% in
the morning and the Shanghai Composite briefly reclaimed 3,700 points. At midday
the Shanghai Composite was up 0.10%, the Shenzhen Composite up 1.44% and the
ChiNext Index up 1.24%; turnover across the two exchanges exceeded CNY 140 mln
and more than 4,700 stocks advanced. Sector action: PV equipment and battery
stocks led gains; precious metals and energy metals outperformed;
compute-infrastructure names rallied together. Banks and coal underperformed,
ranking among the largest decliners.