China's Shares Rebound on Central Bank's Up to 800 Billion-Yuan Facilities, Upcoming Rate Cuts
TMTPost -- Actions speak louder than words. Chinese shares rebounded Friday on adoption of the central bank’s new tools that will inject up to RMB 800 billion (US$112.38 billion) to prop up the capital market, along with strong indication of further stimuli including interest rate cuts. Credit:Xinhua News Agency The mainland China's SSE Composite Index closed up 2.9%, and the ChiNext index, which tracks stocks traded on the Nasdaq-style subsidiary of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, surged nearly 8%, erasing their losses Thursday. The blue chip CSI 300 index of onshore stocks rose 3.6% Friday after a decline of 1.1% a day earlier. Hong Kong’s benchmark Hang Seng Index climbed 3.6%, paring loss of 1% Thursday. The Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index, which tracks 65 China-expos
China Surprisingly Cuts Policy Interest Rates Again to Boost Economy
TMTPost -- China’s central bank is taking further steps to boost economy with more unexpected policy interest rate cuts. Credit:Xinhua News Agency The People's Bank of China (PBoC) announced Thursday it pumped RMB200 billion (US$28.04 billion) into the market via the medium-term lending facility (MLF), which will mature in one year at an interest rate of 2.3%. The latest MLF interest rate was 20 basis points lower than the previous level, representing the first reduction in almost a year. "Financial institutions have much more liquidity demand near the end of the month, adding to upward pressures on the interest rates of the monetary market," said Wen Bin, chief economist at China Minsheng Bank, in explaining the reason for the PBoC's additional MLF operation this month. These moves indica
Sun Life Financial Inc.: Initiation of Coverage – High-growth Markets & Digital Transformation
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