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China shares rise on moves to boost real estate
AP - Friday, December 19
SHANGHAI, China - Chinese shares rose Thursday after the government announced tax cuts and other moves aimed at propping up the weakening housing sector. Renewed hopes for an interest rate cut also buoyed buying sentiment.
The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index opened lower but rebounded on gains in bank shares in the afternoon. It climbed 2 percent, or 38.87 points, to 2,015.69, and the smaller Shenzhen Composite Index edged up 1.7 percent to 617.3.
Investors were less impressed by political speechmaking marking the 30th anniversary of China's current era of economic reforms than by actual moves to boost the economy, analysts said.
"In general, investors are optimistic about the market as a series of government support measures have emerged one after another," said Xu Zhiyuan, an analyst for Capital Edge Investment & Management in Shanghai.
Banks extended gains as a U.S. interest rate cut triggered expectations that China might follow suit.
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd., China's biggest commercial lender, jumped 2.1 percent to 3.86 yuan; Bank of China Ltd. added 1.9 percent to 3.20 yuan and China Construction Bank Ltd. advanced 1.9 percent to 4.20 yuan.
Midsized lender Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Ltd. surged 7.5 percent to 14.83 yuan.
Developers rebounded after the Cabinet announced Wednesday that individual buyers of second homes would receive preferential mortgage rates similar to those enjoyed by first-time buyers. But the uptick was lower than expected.
"Major cities have launched similar policies before, and properties rallied quite a lot in previous sessions," said Zhang Linchang, an analyst for Guotai Junan Securities in Shanghai.
China Vanke Ltd., the country's biggest developer, climbed 3 percent to 7.81 yuan, and rival Poly Real Estate Group, inched up 0.1 percent to 18.34 yuan.
Refiners gained after crude oil prices dropped below $40 a barrel. Refiner China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., also known as Sinopec, climbed 1 percent to 11.11 yuan, while PetroChina Co., Asia's largest oil and gas producer, also gained 1 percent, to 7.93 yuan.
China's yuan strengthened to 6.8312 to the U.S. dollar around 0800 GMT, up from Wednesday's close of 6.8373. Analysts said the U.S. rate cut dampened demand for the dollar.
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