The three major A-share indices of Shanghai and Shenzhen rebounded throughout the day by 1.3% to 2.2%, with aerospace and military stocks strengthening, while the three major telecommunications companies continued to weaken against the trend

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2026.02.03 07:19

The central parity rate of the Renminbi against the US dollar was raised by 87 points to 6.9608 per US dollar. The People's Bank of China today (3rd) conducted a 7-day reverse repurchase operation in the open market amounting to 105.5 billion Renminbi (same below), with the operation rate remaining at 1.4%. Today, 402 billion Renminbi of reverse repos are maturing, resulting in a net withdrawal of 296.5 billion Renminbi for the day.

The three major A-share indices opened higher but then turned to decline, gradually recovering afterwards and reversing the previous day's downward trend. The Shanghai Composite Index closed up 51 points or 1.3% at 4,067 points, with a turnover of 1.11 trillion Renminbi. The Shenzhen Component Index closed up 302 points or 2.2% at 14,127 points, with a turnover of 1.43 trillion Renminbi. The ChiNext Index closed up 60 points or 1.9% at 3,224 points, with a turnover of 677.4 billion Renminbi.

The domestic bank stocks were slightly weak, with Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (601398.SH) and China Construction Bank (601939.SH) falling by 1.9% and 1.6% respectively.

The three major oil stocks showed mixed performance, with CNOOC (600938.SH) rising by 0.8%. PetroChina (601857.SH) and Sinopec (600028.SH) fell by 2% and 1.3% respectively.

Chip-related stocks were mixed, with SMIC A (688981.SH) and Hua Hong (688347.SH) falling by 0.9% and rising by 3.3% respectively. AI chip stock Cambricon (688256.SH) dropped by 9.2%. Cambricon stated that the information circulating online regarding the company's recent small-scale communication is false. Domestic GPU stocks, including Muxi Co., Ltd. (688802.SH) and Moore Threads (688795.SH), fell by 2.7% to 3.1%.

Aerospace and military industry stocks strengthened, with XI'AN TRIANGLE DEFENSE (300775.SZ), Aero Engine Corporation of China (600893.SH), and Hangya Technology (688510.SH) rising by 7.2% to 18%.

In addition, CATL (300750.SZ) fell by 0.3%. BYD (002594.SZ) rose by 0.4%.

The three major Chinese telecom stocks continued to weaken against the market trend, with China Mobile (600941.SH) and China Unicom (600050.SH) falling by 0.4% to 0.6%, and China Telecom (601728.SH) falling by 1.4%. The "three barrels of oil" showed differentiation, with PetroChina (601857.SH) and Sinopec (600028.SH) falling by 1.3% to 2%, while CNOOC (600938.SH) rose by 0.8%.

Resource stocks generally rebounded, with Zijin Mining (601899.SH) rising by 6%, Jiangxi Copper (600362.SH) rising by 3.5%, and Luoyang Molybdenum (603993.SH) rising by 4.7%. Zhaojin Mining (000506.SZ) continued to fall by 3.3%