Chinese shares lower at midday Monday

12:49, December 23, 2019

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  Chinese shares close lower Monday

  File photo: VCGBEIJING, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- Chinese stocks closed lower on Monday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 1.4 percent at 2,962.75 points.The Shenzhen Component Index closed 1.69 percent lower at 10,056.21 points.The combined turnover of stocks covered by the two indices stood at 537.21 billion yuan (about 76.6 billion U.S. dollars), shrinking from 570.58 billion yuan in the previous trading day.Losers outnumbered winners by 1,305 to 168 on the Shanghai bourse and by 1,877 to 272 on the Shenzhen bourse.Bucking the declining trend, shares of companies manufacturing instruments and apparatuses posted strong performance, with shares of Nanhua Instruments Co., Ltd. surging by the daily limit of 10 percent.Shares of companies related to semiconductor and husbandry led the losses.The ChiNext Index, Chinas Nasdaq-style board of growth enterprises, lost 1.98 percent to close at 1,736.62 points Monday.

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  Chinese shares mixed at midday Wednesday

  File photo: China DailyBEIJING, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- Chinese stocks closed mixed on Wednesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.03 percent, at 2,981.88 points.The Shenzhen Component Index closed 0.40 percent higher at 10,229.58 points.The combined turnover of stocks covered by the two indices stood at 503.20 billion yuan (about 71.82 billion U.S. dollars), expanding from 442.31 billion yuan in the previous trading day.Most stocks fell, with losers outnumbering gainers by 809 to 592 on the Shanghai bourse and 1,047 to 1,019 in Shenzhen.Companies in the sectors of semiconductor and digital currency saw robust growth in share prices, with shares of Wuxi Taiji Industry Company Ltd. rising by the daily 10-percent limit to 8.32 yuan per share.Shares in steel and wine industry led the losses.The ChiNext Index, Chinas NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, gained 0.82 percent to close at 1,784.39 points Wednesday.

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  Chinese shares higher at midday Tuesday

  File photo: VCGBEIJING, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- Chinas major stock indices ended higher in the morning session Tuesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index ending 0.97 percent higher at 3,013.25 points.The Shenzhen Component Index gained 1.08 percent to end at 10,268.33 points at midday.