{"id":870601,"date":"2025-09-05T00:13:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T05:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/05\/chinas-key-stock-index-climbs-to-10-year-high-as-investors-chase-higher-returns\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T00:13:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T05:13:23","slug":"chinas-key-stock-index-climbs-to-10-year-high-as-investors-chase-higher-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/05\/chinas-key-stock-index-climbs-to-10-year-high-as-investors-chase-higher-returns\/","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s key stock index climbs to 10-year high as investors chase higher returns"},"content":{"rendered":"<section data-qa=\"GenericArticle-Content\">\n<p>Mainland Chinese <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/business\/markets?module=inline&#038;pgtype=article\" title data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\"><span data-qa=\"Component-Text\">stocks<\/span><\/a> rose on Monday, driving a key gauge to a decade high amid increasing signs that investors have been rotating out of bonds and bank deposits into equities in hunt for better returns.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\">The Shanghai Composite Index advanced 0.9 per cent to 3,728.03 at the close, a level not seen since August 19, 2015. The CSI 300 Index climbed 0.9 per cent, finishing at the highest level in almost a year.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\">Shares worth 2.75 trillion yuan (US$382.9 billion) changed hands on the mainland\u2019s exchanges, the most since October 9 when stocks rallied after the central bank unveiled a stimulus package to bolster equities and property prices.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\">The yield on China\u2019s 10-year government bond increased 2.4 basis points to 1.771 per cent, the highest in four months. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index slipped 0.4 per cent to 25,176.85, while the Hang Seng Tech Index added 0.7 per cent.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\">The widening breadth of the gains in stocks underscores the prevailing risk-on mood on the mainland\u2019s markets. A key gauge on Shanghai\u2019s technology board, a barometer of risk sentiment, surged 2.1 per cent, while a benchmark for start-ups in Shenzhen jumped almost 3 per cent. Telecoms and IT stocks were the best-performing industry groups on the broad-based CSI 300 Index, rallying at least 2.1 per cent.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\">\u201cBond yields and deposit rates are pretty low, while the wealth effect from the stock market continues,\u201d said Amber Zhou, an analyst at Haitong International. \u201cThe rotation from bank deposits and bonds is expected to be ongoing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p> Michele Fetzer<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/business\/china-business\/article\/3322169\/hong-kong-stocks-steady-investors-await-key-quarterly-results-powells-speech?utm_source=rss_feed\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mainland Chinese stocks rose on Monday, driving a key gauge to a decade high amid increasing signs that investors have been rotating out of bonds and bank deposits into equities in hunt for better returns. The Shanghai Composite Index advanced 0.9 per cent to 3,728.03 at the close, a level not seen since August 19<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":870602,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22042,112],"tags":[5454,5272],"class_list":{"0":"post-870601","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chinas","8":"category-stock","9":"tag-chinas","10":"tag-stock"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=870601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/870602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=870601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=870601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=870601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}