China A-shares closed higher despite weak breadth. Shanghai Composite +0.11%,
Shenzhen Composite +1.24%, ChiNext +1.41%; Sci‑Tech Innovation 50 (STAR 50)
+3.82%, Beijing Stock Exchange 50 +1.15%. Turnover across Shanghai and Shenzhen
was 3.28 tln yuan, down 156.4 bln yuan from the prior session. Sector winners
included refrigerants, glass fiber, advanced packaging, energy metals,
electronic chemicals and semiconductors; laggards included forestry,
manganese‑silicon, securities IT, cinema chains, coal mining & dressing and
agriculture/forestry/livestock/fishery. More than 4,000 stocks fell.