China announces major steps to open its financial sector

China will significantly ease market access to the financial sector, reduce tariffs on cars ... After reopening following the lunchtime break, the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index is edging higher in afternoon trade. For the week, CSI300 gained 3 ... ( read original story ...)

China Bans Actress Zhao Wei From Stock Trading for Five Years

Zhao Wei, one of China’s best-known actresses, has received a five-year ban from trading in the mainland stock market for irregularities connected ... A statement filed with the Shanghai Stock Exchange shows that the China Securities Regulatory ... ( read original story ...)

Profit Taking Expected For China Stock Market

(RTTNews) - The China stock market has finished higher in four straight sessions, gathering more than 50 points or 1.6 percent along the way. The Shanghai Composite Index now rests just above the 3,425-point plateau although it's due for consolidation on ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s Real Bull-Market Killer

ICBC, by comparison, made less than 25 percent of its stock freely tradable in Hong Kong. Its two biggest shareholders, Huijin and China's Ministry of Finance, can only offload their stakes in Shanghai ... Kong with a total market capitalization of ... ( read original story ...)

Global stock markets slide on Chinese trade data

BEIJING -- Global stock markets slipped on Wednesday on weaker Chinese trade ... cent to 22,913.82 and Hong Kong's Hang Seng retreated 0.3 per cent to 28,907.60. The Shanghai Composite Index gained 2 points to 3,415.46 and Sydney's S&P-ASX 200 added ... ( read original story ...)

China’s opening equity market: factors to watch

Beginning in Shanghai in November 2014 and extended to Shenzhen in late 2016, this initiative aims to create a single Chinese stock market by allowing investors based on the mainland to buy a selection of Hong Kong and Chinese shares listed on the HKSE. ( read original story ...)