China close: Shanghai Composite +0.10% to 3,689.91, STAR50 +1.68%; onshore yuan 6.6710; fixing lifted 24 bp to 6.7156. | China Day chinaday.news
China's major A-share indices closed higher on Thursday 5 November. The Shanghai Composite finished at 3,689.91, up 0.10%; the Shenzhen Component at 11,471.09, up 1.19%; ChiNext at 2,566.80, up 0.87%; the CSI 300 at 4,113.41, up 0.29%; and the STAR50 at 1,286.68, up 1.68%. Xinhua Finance put Shanghai turnover at about 979.7 billion yuan and Shenzhen at about 1.1382 trillion yuan, or roughly 2.12 trillion yuan combined, about 80.3 billion yuan heavier than the prior session; photovoltaics, robotics, AI-drama and gold names led while coal and oil lagged, with PetroChina down nearly 8%. Jin10 carried the same index closes; China Daily Hong Kong and NAMPA's Xinhua English wire reported Shanghai and Shenzhen higher; the South China Morning Post said the CSI 300 rose 0.3% and the STAR50 about 1.7%, noting a sharp Hang Seng gain. The yuan's central parity was set at 6.7156 per dollar, 24 pips stronger (Tonghuashun, Yicai, Chinanews; Xinhua English via NAMPA). The onshore yuan closed at 6.6710 at 16:30, up 60 pips (Yicai, Gelonghui, NBD); the offshore yuan's full-day close was about 6.6680 (Investing.com/Yahoo Finance). The issue's market table, which had carried the Wednesday 4 November close, is updated to 5 November.