China close: Shanghai Composite +2.16% to 3,686.17, STAR50 +9.92%; onshore yuan 6.6770; fixing trimmed 30 bp to 6.7180. | China Day chinaday.news
China's major A-share indices closed higher on Wednesday 4 November. The Shanghai Composite finished at 3,686.17, up 2.16%; the Shenzhen Component at 11,335.69, up 4.22%; ChiNext at 2,544.73, up 6.40%; the CSI 300 at 4,101.34, up 2.31%; and the STAR50 at 1,265.47, up 9.92%. Xinhua Finance put Shanghai turnover at about 953.3 billion yuan and Shenzhen at about 1.0844 trillion yuan, or roughly 2.04 trillion yuan combined, about 334.3 billion yuan heavier than the prior session; semiconductors, precious metals and computing-hardware names led afternoon gains while liquor and dairy lagged. Xinhua English also reported the Shanghai and Shenzhen closes higher. The yuan's central parity was set at 6.7180 per dollar, 30 pips weaker (Xinhua Finance, Tonghuashun). The onshore yuan closed at 6.6770 at 16:30, down 5 pips (Jin10, Yicai, Gelonghui); the offshore yuan's full-day close was about 6.6721 (Investing.com). The issue's market table, which had carried the Tuesday 3 November close since the morning open, is updated to 4 November.
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