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China shares set for best week in 7 months on financials boost, Mideast truce
Onshore financial shares in China climbed nearly 4% this week. (EPA Images pic)
SHANGHAI : China stocks were little changed today but were set to notch their biggest weekly gain in more than seven months, led by financial shares, as a ceasefire between Israel and Iran lifted investor sentiment.
China's blue-chip CSI 300 Index was flat by the lunch break, while the Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.2%.
Hong Kong benchmark Hang Seng was down 0.1%.
'Chinese brokerage stocks rallied sharply this week, buoyed by easing global geopolitical tensions and improved investor risk appetite,' Morgan Stanley analysts said in a note.
'Over a 6- to 12-month horizon, increased portfolio allocation to China appears likely, supported by improving market fundamentals and growing global investor demand for diversification,' they said.
Tianfeng Securities jumped 10% today.
The CSI 300 Index has risen 2.6% this week, on track for its strongest weekly gain since November 2024, while the Hang Seng Index advanced 3.3%, heading for its best week since March.
Onshore financial shares climbed nearly 4% this week.
China's industrial profits swung back into sharp decline in May from a year earlier, as factory activity slowed in the face of broader economic stress.
The US has reached an agreement with China on how to expedite rare earth shipments to the US, a White House official said yesterday, amid efforts to end a trade war between the world's biggest economies.
Shares of Xiaomi surged to a record high today, after the company launched a new electric car model with a strong beat on pre-orders.
However, this has added pressure on other auto makers, with Li Auto and Xpeng down 1.4% and 2.7%, respectively.
Hong Kong's Materials Index and mainland's Non-Ferrous Metals Index rose 2.5% and 2.4%, respectively, as non-ferrous metal prices such as copper broadly rallied.
