Chinese investors opened 197,000 new Chinese A-share accounts on
Monday, dipping below the 200,000-mark for the number of new
accounts for the first time since May 1, according to the China
Securities Depository and Clearing Co. Ltd.
The Shanghai- and Shenzhen-based stock markets witnessed a total
of 240,500 newly-opened accounts on Monday including 2,656 B-share
accounts and 40,844 fund accounts.
By the close of trading on Monday, the total number of stock
accounts in the two bourses stood at 102.5 million.
The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index rose 2.63 percent on
Tuesday, or 96.7 points to close at 3,767.10 points.
(Xinhua News Agency June 6, 2007)