Shenzhen Stock Market Indices Weekly Update: The A Share Market Rises Slightly

SHENZHEN, China, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- The A share market rose to a small extent this week. The CNINFO A Share Index, offering a benchmark for evaluating overall market trends in China, closed at 2903.75 points, up 2.18%. The SZSE Component Index, a leading indicator of the movement trends of the Shenzhen Stock Market, increased 1.46% to 10942.93 points this week.

    Other SZSE Series of Indices' Performances for this Week:
    (Duration: August 2 - August 6)

    Index Name                     Last              Change
    SZSE SME INDEX                5703.75            3.78%
    CHINEXT INDEX                 1011.39            4.44%
    SZSE 100 INDEX                3952.05            2.02%
    SZSE 300 INDEX                3475.97            2.46%

From the aspect of excess return, SZSE SME Index, CHINEXT Index and SZSE 300 Index are over the CNINFO A Share Index. Among them, CHINEXT Index obtained the best overall performance; its excess return reached 2.26%.

About the SZSE Series of Indices

The SZSE Series of Indices are used to describe the market price performance of stocks that are listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. The SZSE Series of Indices begins with the SZSE Component Index which has a long history; also included are the SZSE SME Index, CHINEXT Index, SZSE 100 Index and other well-known indices. The SZSE Series of Indices undertakes the character of high growth market of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, is famous for obtaining a high return, and acts as the representative of investment indices in China's security market.

The Index Division of Shenzhen Securities Information Co. Ltd. is a professional executive institution of index services under Shenzhen Stock Exchange. Under the brand of "SZSE Indices" and "CNINFO Indices," it has been engaged in the establishment, development, innovation and market-oriented business of China's Security Market Index System.

For more details, please visit http://index.cninfo.com.cn/index.htm

SOURCE Shenzhen Securities Information Company Limited