Chinese shares opened higher on Friday with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.81 percent to 2,920.81. The Shenzhen Component Index rose 1.15 percent at the opening to 12,796.41.
Visitors at the annual Shanghai Spring Real Estate Fair on Thursday. Overseas properties are the highlight of this year's event. [Photo: China Daily] The annual Shanghai Spring Real Estate Fair, a traditional indicator of the city's housing market, kicked off on Thursday. Coming ...
The U.S. dollar fell against major currencies in late New York trading on Thursday amid expectation that Japanese government might intervene to prevent the yen's appreciation. As the yen continued to rise against the dollar these days due to repatriation worry after a devastating ...
The Chinese securities regulator said on Thursday that it had approved lead futures contracts designed by the Shanghai Futures Exchange. The exact time to launch the trading is yet to be decided by the Shanghai Futures Exchange, according to a statement by the China Securities ...
Chinese shares closed lower Thursday, snapping Wednesday's rebound, over concerns that Japan's nuclear crisis could cripple the world's third-largest economy. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index fell 33.51 points, or 1.14 percent, to 2,897.30 points. The Shenzhen Component ...
Chinese shares closed lower Thursday with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 33.51 points, or 1.14 percent, to 2,897.30. The Shenzhen Component Index fell 215.08 points, or 1.67 percent, to 12,650.67 points.
Chinese share prices opened 0.81 percent lower on Thursday. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index, which covers A and B shares, opened down 23.84 points at 2906.65. The Shenzhen Component Index dropped 0.96 percent and opened at 1274.81.
Weak performance of regional markets and lingering concerns over nuclear crisis in Japan continued to weigh on Chinese shares Thursday, sending the indexes down by more than half percent in the morning session. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index dropped 14.83 points, or 0.51 ...
Chinese shares closed higher Wednesday with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 34.54 points, or 1.19 percent, to 2,930.8. The Shenzhen Component Index climbed 160.43 points, or 1.26 percent, to 12,865.75 points.
Chinese shares recovered part of Tuesday's losses and closed modestly higher in the morning session Wednesday, as investor sentiment was supported by the U.S. Federal Reserve's comment and the rebound in Tokyo shares. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index bounced 11.33 points, ...
The Chinese currency, or the yuan, on Wednesday weakened 39 basis points against the U.S. dollar from Tuesday. The central parity rate was set at 6.5718 yuan per U.S. dollar, compared with 6.5679 yuan per U.S. dollar on Tuesday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trading ...
Chinese shares opened lower on Wednesday with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.07 percent to 2,894.25. The Shenzhen Component Index fell 0.05 percent at the opening to 12,699.4.
Crude prices on Wednesday rebounded from a three-week low after a fluctuating trading day, as concerns about unrest in the Middle East lifted the prices, although worries about Japan's nuclear crisis still pressured the markets. Crude gained as escalating violence in Bahrain ...
U.S. crude oil price on Tuesday plunged near 4 percent after opening higher at 101.86 dollars a barrel, as a deepening nuclear crisis in Japan triggered a panic sell-off in the commodity markets. Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Tuesday radiation that has spread from four ...
Chinese shares closed sharply lower in the morning session Tuesday, tracking slides in regional markets amid concerns over the escalating nuclear power plant crisis in earthquake and tsunami-ravaged Japan. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index shed 0.33 percent to open at 2,927...
Chinese shares closed lower Tuesday with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 41.37 points, or 1.41 percent, to 2,896.26. The Shenzhen Component Index fell 252.97 points, or 1.95 percent, to 12,705.32 points.
Chinese shares opened lower on Tuesday as Tokyo stocks dropped more than 6 percent after a massive earthquake rocked Japan on March 11. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index was down 0.33 percent to 2,927.98. The Shenzhen Component Index fell 0.4 percent at the opening to 12,905...
Shanghai's exports fell 4.2 percent from a year earlier in February, the first drop in 15 months, after trade activities were distracted by seasonal changes, higher production costs, weaker overseas demand and a stronger yuan. But imports still expanded 19.7 percent to US$13.5 ...
China Eastern Airlines and two other carriers reported they carried fewer cargo in February as a number of factories on the Chinese mainland were closed for the Chinese New Year holiday. Shanghai-based China Eastern, the country's second-largest carrier, flew 77,830 tons of cargo ...
The U.S. dollar fell against major currencies in late New York trading on Monday as Japan injected large amount of liquidity into the market in the wake of a devastating earthquake and the European Union (EU) agreed to boost lending capacity to address debt problems. The Bank of ...