Shenzhen Stock Market Indices Weekly Update: The A Share Market Rallies

SHENZHEN, China, Aug. 20 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- The A share market rallies this week. The CNINFO A Share Index, offering a benchmark for evaluating overall market trends in China, closed at 2909.48 points, up 1.28%. The SZSE Component Index, a leading indicator of the movement trends of the Shenzhen Stock Market, increased 1.87% to 11090.46 points this week.

    Other SZSE Series of Indices' Performances for this Week:
    (Duration: August 16 - August 20)

    Index Name                      Last            Change
    SZSE SME INDEX                5809.47            1.61%
    CHINEXT INDEX                  995.94           -1.12%
    SZSE 100 INDEX                3992.30            1.73%
    SZSE 300 INDEX                3509.06            1.56%

From the aspect of excess return, The SZSE Component Index, SZSE SME Index, SZSE 100 INDEX and SZSE 300 Index are over the CNINFO A Share Index. Among them, The SZSE Component Index obtained the best overall performance; its excess return reached to 0.59%.

About the SZSE Series of Indices The SZSE Series of Indices are used to describe the market price performance of stocks that are listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. The SZSE Series of Indices begins with the SZSE Component Index which has a long history; also included are the SZSE SME Index, CHINEXT Index, SZSE 100 Index and other well- known indices. The SZSE Series of Indices undertakes the character of the high growth market of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, is famous for obtaining a high return, and acts as the representative of investment indices in China's security market.

The Index Division of Shenzhen Securities Information Co. Ltd. is a professional executive institution of index services under Shenzhen Stock Exchange. Under the brand of "SZSE Indices" and "CNINFO Indices," it has been engaged in the establishment, development, innovation and market-oriented business of China's Security Market Index System.

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