Shanghai stocks get FTZ boost

Shanghai-related stocks advanced on Friday as the city's Party chief confirmed plans to reinvent its pilot free trade zone as a world-class free port. The port has entered the "planning stage" and needs to get the green light from the central authorities ... ( read original story ...)

Shanghai stocks end week lower amid signs of slowing growth

SHANGHAI: Shanghai stocks eked out modest gains on Friday but ... Investor sentiment was rattled on Thursday by People's Bank of China Governor Zhou Xiaochuan's warning about asset bubbles in the world's second-largest economy. However, stocks regained ... ( read original story ...)

Why traders are snapping up stocks with Shanghai in their name

Shanghai is preparing for a free trade port in line with central government guidelines, the city’s Communist Party chief Han Zheng said Thursday at the 19th Party Congress after the mainland equities market closed. The initiative is in its planning ... ( read original story ...)

Shanghai Stocks Soar on City’s Free-Trade Port Plan

The share moves echo a frenzy in 2013, when the approval of the city’s free trade zone sparked a boom in shares with Shanghai in their name. More recently, equities soared when investors caught wind in April of the government’s plan to develop a new ec ... ( read original story ...)