BEIJING: Shanghai stocks surged 3.80 percent in the morning session Thursday as traders returned from a week-long holiday to play catch-up with a global market rally.
The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index jumped 116.11 points to 3,168.89 by the break, while the Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks on China’s second exchange, soared 4.53 percent, or 77.78 points, to 1,794.56.
But in Hong Kong the benchmark Hang Seng Index eased 0.69 percent, or 155.13 points, to 22,360.63, a day after advancing more than three percent.
