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September 2026 (25)
- 2026-09-25·Friday, September 2583/100
China ADRs retreat broadly — FXI -0.82% as all seven tracked sectors end red, with Fintech -2.28% leading the selloff
- 2026-09-24·Thursday, September 2483/100
China Large-Cap -0.26% — Tencent -3.45% vs Lufax +14.75%; Xi-Trump White House Summit Drives Selective Positioning
- 2026-09-23·Wednesday, September 2388/100
Alibaba Falls 4.6% as Internet Sells Off; Tencent and Fintech Buck the Trend
- 2026-09-22·Tuesday, September 2286/100
Tencent +3.6% leads China internet rally as BlackRock gains QDII access — family offices begin re-entry on tension ease
- 2026-09-21·Monday, September 2184/100
FXI +1.52%, KWEB +1.25% as HKEX Eases Spin-Off Rules; Biotech Licensing Surge Signals Dealflow Return
- 2026-09-20·Sunday, September 2092/100
BABA surges 4.33% and KWEB adds 1.76% as US-China trade talks open in New York and CXMT closes the gap on Samsung
- 2026-09-19·Saturday, September 1981/100
KraneShares China Internet ETF +1.76% as BABA surges 4.33%; crude imports rising adds macro tailwind
- 2026-09-18·Friday, September 1895/100
China large-caps +0.4%, internet names surge 2.1% as crude imports rebound and PBOC liquidity supportive
- 2026-09-17·Thursday, September 1781/100
China ADRs split: XPEV +2.5% on tech-share plan, Tencent -2.4% as Fed hike pressures RMB outlook
- 2026-09-16·Wednesday, September 1687/100
China Large-Cap Falls -0.76% While EV Sector Adds +2.04%; Z.ai ARR Upgraded 25% to $3B After $5B Capital Injection
- 2026-09-15·Tuesday, September 1585/100
China Large-Cap ETF -1%; LU crashes 5.4%, XPEV -4% as Fintech (-3.15%) and EV (-2.87%) sectors lead selloff
- 2026-09-14·Monday, September 1490/100
China rallies 1.4% on Xi-Trump meeting optimism — fintech +4%, Li Auto +4.4%, and a $470B tourism thesis signal structural rerating in motion
- 2026-09-13·Sunday, September 1378/100
CSI edges higher as China's consumer pivot to community stores reshapes retail landscape
- 2026-09-12·Saturday, September 1281/100
China Equities Edge Up 0.4% — Education and EVs Lead While Beijing Freezes Battery Plant Approvals
- 2026-09-11·Friday, September 1186/100
China ADRs hold +0.6% as EV sector +2.1% and Education names surge — NIO +3.1%, TAL +3.0%, while Tencent drags internet complex
- 2026-09-10·Thursday, September 1091/100
China Large-Cap ETF -0.29%, Internet ETF -0.89% as Risk-Off Pressures Offshore Names
- 2026-09-09·Wednesday, September 992/100
FXI -0.94%, KWEB -1.81% as Travel and Education lead broad China ADR selloff — DeepSeek STAR Market IPO via Citic Securities is the only structural bull catalyst
- 2026-09-08·Tuesday, September 892/100
China Large-Cap ETF -2.51% as property -4.46% and tech -2.88% selloff deepens — US$54B capital injection debate defines the macro bid
- 2026-09-07·Monday, September 781/100
FXI +1.56%, KWEB +2.04% as Beijing's ¥360B bank capital injection sparks broad risk-on — Baidu leads tech, education sector outperforms
- 2026-09-06·Sunday, September 687/100
China Injects US$54bn into State Banks and Insurers; CSI Proxy Rallies +1.5% on Capital Confidence Signal
- 2026-09-05·Saturday, September 584/100
China Large-Cap ETF +1.53%, Internet +2.0% — BIDU and TAL lead as AI entertainment pivot and Yunxi IPO file signal tech cycle turn
- 2026-09-04·Friday, September 485/100
China Large-Cap +1.41% and Internet +2.00% in a broad risk-on session — AI IPO pipeline builds as UST yield headwind tests the rally
- 2026-09-03·Thursday, September 383/100
CSI 300 proxies slip -0.48% as Travel sector -4.47% drags; but Southbound Stock Connect bets on HK tech in AI pivot and Fintech +2.12% signal selective rotation
- 2026-09-02·Wednesday, September 281/100
China Large-Cap ETF gains 0.54% as property sector +1.24% leads recovery, but EV index falls 1.89% and NIO ADR collapses -4.43% in a K-shaped session
- 2026-09-01·Tuesday, September 184/100
Education +3.5% and property names lead while NIO -3.8%, Tencent -1.3% drag — China's bifurcated session dominated by Shein's Hong Kong debut
August 2026 (29)
- 2026-08-31·Monday, August 3188/100
China Property/Real Estate crashes -5.73% as BEKE and VIPS lead losses; Z.ai +400% H1 revenue and Shein HKEx IPO at HK$48.56 are the day's bright spots
- 2026-08-30·Sunday, August 3083/100
China Equities Grind Higher — BEKE +3.3%, BABA +2.2% — as JD.com HK Expansion and EV Quality Pivot Signal Maturing Growth Story
- 2026-08-29·Saturday, August 2983/100
Property +3.33%, BYD Q2 profit $1.2bn, CXMT revenue +870% — China's reflationary pulse is real and the A/H premium is compressing
- 2026-08-28·Friday, August 2885/100
China tech surges as BYD posts $1.2bn Q2 profit and CXMT's 870% revenue spike cements domestic chip moment
- 2026-08-27·Thursday, August 2780/100
China offshore slides 0.87% as Consumer tanks 3.86% and BABA loses $4.20; BIDU +3.77% and domestic AI chip model provide the only cover
- 2026-08-26·Wednesday, August 2689/100
China A/H split widens as China Large-Cap ETF ekes +0.06% while Internet names sink 1.2%+ — CNOOC's record profit and DeepSeek's $74B pre-IPO value steal the day
- 2026-08-25·Tuesday, August 2591/100
FUTU +7.37% drives Fintech +3.69% surge — Tencent -1.69% caps Large-Cap; Alibaba $10.2B AI raise
- 2026-08-24·Monday, August 2490/100
China equities fall as EV/Mobility craters -5.09% and internet names retreat, with Xpeng -7.47% on embodied-AI pivot concerns
- 2026-08-23·Sunday, August 2372/100
Alibaba's $10.2B HK Placement — Largest Chinese AI Capital Raise of 2026 — Tests CSI 300 on Monday
- 2026-08-22·Saturday, August 2293/100
China ADRs split: BABA -8.6% shock vs FUTU +9.7% surge; Property and Fintech rip +4.4% each as Evergrande liquidation petition accepted — the final chapter
- 2026-08-21·Friday, August 2188/100
Alibaba AI Cloud Surge 45% Anchors China Tech Rebound as Evergrande Liquidation Clears the Overhang
- 2026-08-20·Thursday, August 2082/100
China ADR tape splits bearish: KWEB -1.95%, Education -4.2%, NTES -5.2% as Tencent +2.4% and PBOC holds liquidity
- 2026-08-19·Wednesday, August 1992/100
China ETFs surged +1.74% as consumer and EV names ran hard; Unitree Robotics debuted at $66bn (+629%) on Shanghai — Beijing's tech-IPO renaissance is accelerating.
- 2026-08-18·Tuesday, August 1884/100
Baidu implodes 13.2% on five straight revenue-decline quarters; BABA +2.5% as China rotates hard
- 2026-08-15·Saturday, August 1590/100
Tencent +2.23% and Zhipu AI's flagship model launch reprice China's AI competition while Baidu bleeds -0.96%
- 2026-08-14·Friday, August 1482/100
BABA +1.42%, HTHT +2.99% lead consumer names as Tencent –1.79% and Baidu –1.42% drag on Zhipu GLM-5.3 competitive pressure — FXI +0.17% masks the intra-sector split
- 2026-08-13·Thursday, August 1386/100
JD -8.23% despite +15% Q2 profit signals China consumer demand skepticism runs deeper than earnings beats — Property sector -3.16% keeps contagion risk live
- 2026-08-12·Wednesday, August 1281/100
China internet ETF -2.10%, large-cap -1.26% as offshore tech selloff offsets BEKE +2.36% property rebound
- 2026-08-11·Tuesday, August 1188/100
China ADRs hammered — FXI -2.25%, KWEB -3.23%, TME -11.1% leads wreckage as Internet/Platform -3.74% and Property -3.63% offer no floor
- 2026-08-10·Monday, August 1087/100
China proxies +0.80-1.08% as Fintech sector surges 7% and LU (Lufax) +14.67% — internet platform rotation accelerating
- 2026-08-09·Sunday, August 981/100
China ADRs rally 0.6-1.0%: Futu +4.3% and XPEV +3.9% lead as consumer internet rebounds on domestic demand recovery read
- 2026-08-08·Saturday, August 880/100
China equities inch +0.61% with EV/Mobility +2.98% and Fintech +2.49% leading; education and hospitality lag
- 2026-08-07·Friday, August 793/100
China equities close higher with EV/Mobility +2.9% and Internet ETF +0.81% as AI export revival lifts tech sector premium
- 2026-08-06·Thursday, August 680/100
China internet ETF drops -0.74% as tech underperforms — AI-driven MLCC demand surge offers a bright spot in the supply chain
- 2026-08-05·Wednesday, August 578/100
China equities slip 0.72% as AI tumult reduces new A-share accounts; Moonshot AI eyes $50B round and HK IPO
- 2026-08-04·Tuesday, August 480/100
China Large-Cap -0.58% but Internet +0.21% — leveraged position cuts and MiniMax IP dispute split the A-share and offshore narrative.
- 2026-08-03·Monday, August 382/100
CSI 300 Flat, Internet +1.05% as EV Price-War Fears Clash With Platform Rally; BABA +4.75%, XPEV -4.77%
- 2026-08-02·Sunday, August 285/100
FXI flat at 36.50 while KWEB surges +1.53% — BABA +5.10% leads platform rally as commercial property finds first buyers in 18 months
- 2026-08-01·Saturday, August 183/100
China Internet Stocks Rally 1.5% as e-CNY Goes Outbound; Households Rotate From Real Estate Into Cautious Equity Bets
July 2026 (18)
- 2026-07-31·Friday, July 3183/100
China internet names rip: BABA +5%, BIDU +2.7%, TCEHY +2.3% as Politburo support signal and OpenAI price cuts confirm AI competitive intensity
- 2026-07-30·Thursday, July 3080/100
China Large-Cap ETF (FXI) +1.02% as US-listed China ADRs benefit from Fed confusion and global AI rotation
- 2026-07-29·Wednesday, July 2984/100
CXMT's 466% Shanghai IPO surge validates China's memory-chip domestication trade as Education +9.5% and EV +3.7% lead a broad tech rally
- 2026-07-28·Tuesday, July 2882/100
China ETF +1.13% as CXMT memory surge and Alibaba AI portfolio wins reframe the DUV narrative — Fintech leads at +3.02%
- 2026-07-26·Sunday, July 2682/100
China Internet ETF barely moves +0.08% as EV/Mobility craters -2.87% on margin squeeze; Trip.com gains +1.44% despite ¥5.2bn ($765M) antitrust fine in classic sell-the-rumor, buy-the-news unwind
- 2026-07-25·Saturday, July 2583/100
China large-cap ETF +0.35% but EV/Mobility sector -2.87% and property -1.18% signal sector divergence; Trip.com hit with $765M antitrust fine as CATL posts record profits
- 2026-07-24·Friday, July 2492/100
China ETFs gain 0.4-0.7% as CATL posts record quarterly profit and securities watchdog pledges long-term capital injection — EV and property drag persists
- 2026-07-23·Thursday, July 2385/100
China large-cap ETF inches +0.15% but Fintech slumps 3.45% as AI trade EM narrative splits capital flows
- 2026-07-22·Wednesday, July 2280/100
China Tech Sells Off — Tencent -3.5%, NetEase -6.4%, XPeng -3.6% as Internet and EV Sectors Drop 2%+ Despite Record Domestic Oil and Gas Output Signal
- 2026-07-21·Tuesday, July 2190/100
National Team Catches the Knife; CSI 300 +3.1% on State Capital Bid While ADRs Lag — Mainland/Offshore Divergence Is the Core Investor Signal
- 2026-07-20·Monday, July 2084/100
China +3.4% — BABA leads a platform-and-travel surge while Tencent alone bucks the tide
- 2026-07-19·Sunday, July 1983/100
China tech and EV sectors lead 1.16-2.44% declines as internet names face valuation reset and Xpeng pushes into Germany
- 2026-07-18·Saturday, July 1891/100
Chinese ADRs bleed out — BILI -5.1%, BIDU -4.9% — while CXMT's Shanghai IPO draws 212x demand in a tale of two China markets
- 2026-07-17·Friday, July 1781/100
CSI 300 slides 1.25% as China Internet names drop 2.4%; CXMT IPO oversubscribed 212x and Shein HK listing clears hearing at halved valuation
- 2026-07-16·Thursday, July 1682/100
China proxies rally hard — Property +3.2%, Tencent +5%, IQ +5% — as H1 real estate stabilisation data and CXMT mega IPO frenzy spark broad risk-on
- 2026-07-15·Wednesday, July 1590/100
China Property Sector Surges +6.96% as First-Tier Home Prices Notch 4th Straight Monthly Rebound; BABA +5.69% on Apple China AI Approval
- 2026-07-14·Tuesday, July 1483/100
China large-cap ETF +1.1% as EV/Mobility surges 3%; Baidu -4.6% drags internet names lower
- 2026-07-13·Monday, July 1381/100
China Hard Tech Hits All-Time High on Capital Surge; AI Drug Deals Top $110 Billion in H1
June 2026 (29)
- 2026-06-29·Monday, June 2986/100
China ADR bull run extends — BIDU +6.2% and Fintech +4.1% lead AI-driven rotation; KWEB +1.3% outpaces FXI as brokers call for fresh legs in H2
- 2026-06-28·Sunday, June 2891/100
China Internet ETF +1.31% while Large-Cap -0.28% — NTES +7.74% and Education +5.1% show where growth money is moving as DeepSeek's DSpark upgrade cuts AI inference costs
- 2026-06-27·Saturday, June 2781/100
Education sector rips +5.2% as TAL +6.0% and EDU +4.3% lead China internet recovery — NTES surges 7.8% to $123.74.
- 2026-06-26·Friday, June 2689/100
KWEB +1.35% vs FXI -0.22%: China's platform economy re-rates as EDU/TAL lead and Property drags the old-economy tape
- 2026-06-25·Thursday, June 2590/100
FXI -2.19% and KWEB -2.51% as BABA -4.42% and TCOM -13.07% antitrust shock drag China equities lower — property sector -3.11% adds to the pain
- 2026-06-24·Wednesday, June 2480/100
iShares China Large-Cap falls 1.16% as EV sector drops 1.51% and TRS crackdown closes offshore loop
- 2026-06-23·Tuesday, June 2384/100
China Large-Cap -1.62%, Internet ADRs -2.32%: global chip risk-off hit the ADR complex hard, but Alibaba T-Head tripling AI capex says Beijing's tech upgrade isn't waiting for market permission.
- 2026-06-22·Monday, June 2284/100
CSI 300 proxy gains 0.57% as Zhipu AI tops HK$1 trillion market cap and Beijing signals support for qualified foreign listings on domestic exchanges
- 2026-06-21·Sunday, June 2181/100
China ETFs fall 1% as Fintech -3.3% and Property -3.9% sectors bleed; energy storage wins the global order book
- 2026-06-20·Saturday, June 2084/100
China Large-Cap -1.0% as Property Slumps -3.9% and Lufax Leads ADR Losers at -6.7%
- 2026-06-19·Friday, June 1983/100
China Large-Cap ETF off 1%, but Alibaba's 'all in' AI declaration at VivaTech and Chinese EV SEA expansion offer a bull-camp counter-read
- 2026-06-18·Thursday, June 1883/100
China ADRs broad selloff led by property -3.5% and travel -2.9% as 618 shopping festival signals consumer fatigue
- 2026-06-17·Wednesday, June 1790/100
FXI falls 1.3% as Tencent -2.7% and property -2.4% weigh; digital yuan expands to 26 banks and food-delivery subsidy crackdown announced
- 2026-06-16·Tuesday, June 1686/100
China Large-Cap proxy -1.62%, Internet -2.59% — XPEV -4.35%, BIDU -3.47% as SpaceX euphoria finds no China bid
- 2026-06-15·Monday, June 1590/100
China equities diverge on Iran deal: Fintech +2.25%, Travel +2.02% outrun Large-Cap -0.37%; JPMorgan flags AI 'hundred model' war entering enterprise monetization phase
- 2026-06-14·Sunday, June 1480/100
China property surges 3%+ as BEKE and LI Auto lead — internet flat, travel weak; JPMorgan flags enterprise AI shift
- 2026-06-13·Saturday, June 1382/100
FXI +1.09% on EV dominance and regulatory thaw but KWEB -0.30% keeps internet cautious — SpaceX IPO creates HK liquidity overhang
- 2026-06-12·Friday, June 1287/100
EVs hit 66.7% of China car sales in record week — BYD claims Germany plug-in crown as iShares FXI +0.74% while Huawei's new AI chip architecture rallies semiconductor design names
- 2026-06-11·Thursday, June 1179/100
China Large-Cap ETF -0.9% as Travel -2.1% and Internet -1.4% drag; Property +1.2% the lone bright spot
- 2026-06-10·Wednesday, June 1085/100
China Internet +1.95% and FXI +0.78% decouple from global tech sell-off; BYD's God's Eye and UniIC IPO drive the narrative
- 2026-06-09·Tuesday, June 985/100
China EV sector drops 3.82% and Fintech falls 3.56% as Pentagon blacklist expands to new tech giants
- 2026-06-08·Monday, June 881/100
CSI 300 proxy flat (+0.12%) as EV names (LI +3%, NIO +1.7%) offset PDD -3.1% and Tencent's $4B bond signal
- 2026-06-07·Sunday, June 790/100
BIDU collapses 9.7% as China's US-listed tech complex hits multi-month lows — iShares China Large-Cap ETF -2.00%
- 2026-06-06·Saturday, June 687/100
China Large-Cap -2.03% to 34.75 as Fintech cratered -5.03% and EV/Mobility -4.49% — the CSRC programme-trading crackdown landed into a tape that did not need more selling.
- 2026-06-05·Friday, June 580/100
CSI 300 proxies slip ~1.75% as mainland capital rotates from HK to onshore A-shares; EV names BYD and Chery flag 80% overseas growth as Fintech and Property drag
- 2026-06-04·Thursday, June 491/100
China markets split: Property -1.7%, EV -1.7% drag while Internet +0.4% and Travel +1.1% provide partial offset
- 2026-06-03·Wednesday, June 386/100
China Fintech Sector Crushed -3.73% as FUTU Drops 5%; PBOC Fund-Manager Rules Add Regulatory Overhang
- 2026-06-02·Tuesday, June 281/100
FXI +3.0%, KWEB +3.9% in broad China tech rally as Meituan's $1B AI windfall validates platform-to-AI strategy
- 2026-06-01·Monday, June 185/100
China Internet ETF surges +1.76% and CSI tech reshuffle tailwind — EV recovery, humanoid robot IPO, and property stabilization converge
May 2026 (17)
- 2026-05-31·Sunday, May 3182/100
China ETFs +0.2-0.3% as Property sector surged 1.53% and Internet/Platform +0.51% — MiniMax AI dual listing and robotic hands VC arms race signal continued tech investment cycle
- 2026-05-30·Saturday, May 3079/100
China Large-Cap +0.17%: BIDU +2.47% and PDD +1.70% lead Internet/Platform +0.38% as LI Auto -3.41% and BABA -1.54% weigh on EV and e-commerce.
- 2026-05-29·Friday, May 2984/100
China's $2.2 trillion urban renewal plan lifts Property +2.3%; BIDU +3.2% and PDD +3.1% lead internet recovery
- 2026-05-28·Thursday, May 2886/100
China tech sells off as brokerage crackdown hits Futu and Tiger; Alibaba AI and BYD AV provide structural counterweights
- 2026-05-27·Wednesday, May 2790/100
Futu Holdings +20% rebounds from crackdown as Alibaba AI beats OpenAI on code — China tech finds direction despite PDD's -11% crater
- 2026-05-26·Tuesday, May 2682/100
China internet ETF +1.4% as FUTU Holdings surges +17.4% and Fintech sector gains +8.1%; EV exports +40% YoY confirms demand momentum for XPEV (+7.0%), NIO complex
- 2026-05-25·Monday, May 2583/100
FUTU crashes 27.5% as CSRC's cross-border trading crackdown hits HK$250B in assets; CSI 300 proxy -1% as all sectors fall
- 2026-05-24·Sunday, May 2490/100
FUTU -27.5% leads China fintech carnage as internet and EV sectors extend Friday rout
- 2026-05-23·Saturday, May 2386/100
KWEB -2.57% as Futu/Up Fintech options scandal and deflation narrative drag China internet to session lows
- 2026-05-22·Friday, May 2291/100
China internet names fall 2.6% and EV sector drops 2.9% as USD strength and tech regulatory overhang weigh
- 2026-05-21·Thursday, May 2180/100
China internet ETF -1.74% as Nvidia concedes AI chip market to Huawei while YMTC eyes capital markets
- 2026-05-20·Wednesday, May 2087/100
China Markets Split: Tencent +2.1% and Tariff Ceiling Deal Offset Property’s -3.2% Rout and Bilibili’s -8% Drop
- 2026-05-19·Tuesday, May 1979/100
China property stocks surge 5.9% as BEKE leads rebound while EV and fintech names bleed
- 2026-05-17·Sunday, May 1787/100
KWEB drops 3.5%, BABA sheds $8.51 as China tech ADRs suffer broadest single-session selloff in six weeks
- 2026-05-15·Friday, May 1584/100
China ADRs crater 2.7–4.5% as broad-based selloff hits every sector; zero gainers on the tape
- 2026-05-14·Thursday, May 1486/100
KWEB surges 4.94% as BABA rockets +8.2% to $145.81 — US-China trade truce ignites the biggest ADR rally in months
- 2026-05-13·Wednesday, May 1386/100
BABA surges 8% as US-China trade truce ignites broad-based China ADR rally