ChiNext Index closes lower Monday

2011-04-11 17:04:21

The ChiNext Index, launched by the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) on June 1, 2010, fell 1.6 percent, or 16.34 points, to 1,002.8 Monday.

China stock index futures close lower Monday

2011-04-11 17:04:09

China's stock index futures closed lower Monday with the contract for April, the most actively traded, down 0.4 percent from the previous trading day to 3,344.6.

China stocks close lower Monday

2011-04-11 17:02:05

Chinese shares closed lower Monday with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 7.28 points, or 0.24 percent, to 3,022.75.

Asian stocks gain for third week running

2011-04-11 14:40:25

Asian stocks gained for a third week as takeovers and the improving United States economy bolstered optimism that the global recovery can be sustained. Stocks also rose as Japan pledged support for businesses hit by the March 11 earthquake and made progress stabilizing a nuclear power plant.

China stock index futures close up Friday

2011-04-08 17:38:56

China's stock index futures closed higher Friday with the contract for April, the most actively traded, up 1.39percent from the previous trading day to 3,366.0.

ChiNext Index closes up Friday

2011-04-08 17:38:01

The ChiNext Index, launched by the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) on June 1, 2010, jumped 1.47 percent, or 14.73 points, to 1,019.14 Friday.

Hong Kong stocks close 0.47% higher

2011-04-08 17:37:40

Hong Kong stocks gained 114.27 points, or 0.47 percent, to close at 24,396.07 on Friday.

China stocks close higher Friday

2011-04-08 15:58:14

Chinese shares closed higher Friday with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 22.11 points, or 0.74 percent, to 3,030.02.

Goldman buys into China's Taikang

2011-04-08 13:26:28

Goldman Sachs has bought a 12.02 percent stake worth more than $900 million in China's Taikang Life Insurance Co Ltd, as the US banking giant looks to benefit from growing demand for insurance products in the world's second-largest economy, Reuters reported on Friday.

China's rate hikes make stocks a buy at banks

2011-04-08 12:52:19

China's repeatedlyinterest-rate increase measures in the past six months is spurring the world's biggest banks to say it's time to buy stocks in the fastest-growing major economy, Bloomberg News reported on Friday.