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International Investors Buy The Latest Downtick In China

EQUITIES

Chinese equities received net inflows via the Hong Kong Stock Connect channels on Wednesday, registering the largest round of daily net purchases seen since mid-April. This came even as the benchmark CSI 300 shed 0.8%, showing a bit of a willingness on the part of international investors to buy the dip, despite questions around the uneven economic recovery in China (and related debate re: further policy easing requirements) remaining prominent. An unwind of some of the upside momentum in SOEs and Tuesday’s soft import data were touted as key drivers. The tech sector (observed via the ChiNext and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Tech Index) was a little more resilient, lodging incremental gains as those metrics edged away from YtD lows. BBG source reports suggesting that U.S. TR Tai will meet her Chinese counterpart on U.S. soil later this month, plus the speculation re: the need for further Chinese macro policy easing, may have promoted the aforementioned international inflows and relative tech sector resilience.

MNI London Bureau | +44 0203-865-3809 | anthony.barton@marketnews.com

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