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Chinese stocks (^HSI, 000300.SS) are staging a comeback after experiencing it's most significant single-day decline since 2020. This rebound is primarily driven by increased investor optimism surrounding the nation's stimulus plans.
Yahoo Finance Reporter Akiko Fujita analyzes this market turnaround, examining the People's Bank of China's (PBC) stimulus efforts, how these measures have boosted stock performance and explores the sustainability of this rally.
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This post was written by Angel Smith
Well, Chinese stocks are covering some of this week's earlier losses as investors look for more clarity on stimulus plans. The Hang Seng closing up almost 3% here today. Yahoo! Finance's Akiko Fujita is here with a closer look at this move. At least that we saw higher today, Akiko.
Yeah, some good news here. Investors needed that rebound Thursday after Chinese stocks suffered their biggest single-day decline since 2020 earlier this week. The positive sentiment fueled by the central bank's moves to spur further investments and acts on a broad stimulus package that was announced last month. The People's Bank of China starting a near $71 billion swap facility that would provide liquidity to institutional investors to spur investments. The PBOC's latest move applies to qualified brokerages, mutual funds, and insurance companies. It allows firms to swap their holdings for highly liquid assets like government bonds and central bank bills. Now, the central bank added to the optimism with a statement that said it would consider scaling the facility and it would begin accepting applications immediately. Those deliberate actions, as you mentioned, led to immediate gains in stocks. We saw Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index jumping 3% to snap a two-day 11% decline, while the blue chip CSI 300 index bounced back from a 7% decline to rise 1.1%. Now, the key question is, is this enough to sustain a rally? And if the last few sessions are any indication, investors are still skeptical about additional fiscal measures. They are looking for real money to back up pledges the Chinese leadership has made in the past to help steer the economy to reach that publicly stated goal of 5% growth this year. Investors are now looking to a planned briefing by the finance ministry on Saturday. The Chinese finance minister is reportedly set to introduce additional stimulus to shore up growth and support fiscal spending. Analysts say the key will be the size and scope of those measures. If the ministry fails to deliver on market expectations, guys, that could lead to another steep selloff.
All right, Akiko Fujita, thanks so much for joining us on that. We appreciate it.
