China A-Share Benchmarks Rise; STAR 50 Jumps 8.41% on July 9

China’s A-share benchmarks closed higher on July 9, with the Shanghai Composite up 1.65%, the Shenzhen Component up 3.07% and the ChiNext Index up 4.49%, while the Beijing Stock Exchange’s BSE 50 gained 0.44% and the STAR 50 surged 8.41%, according to Jiemian News. Turnover in Shanghai and Shenzhen totaled about 2.913729 trillion yuan, up about 350.206 billion yuan from the previous session; 2,486 stocks rose and 2,888 fell, with 75 hitting daily limit-up and 14 limit-down. Semiconductor-related themes led gains, including memory chips, electronic chemicals, CPO, optical fiber, PCBs and liquid-cooled servers, while tourism and hotels, energy metals, dairy, coal, steel, airports and shipping, and baijiu were among the laggards.