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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Amy Hawkins Senior China correspondent

Chinese markets rally on report Beijing considering £222bn state rescue plan

A screen showing the Hang Seng stock index outside the Exchange Square in Hong Kong on Tuesday.
A screen showing the Hang Seng stock index outside the Exchange Square in Hong Kong on Tuesday. Photograph: Joyce Zhou/Reuters

Chinese markets have lifted following a report suggesting that Beijing policymakers are scrambling to mobilise billions of yuan from state-owned enterprises to reverse a recent share rout.

The benchmark CSI 300 index, which replicates the top 300 stocks traded on the Shanghai and the Shenzhen bourses, had fallen to a five-year low, while the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index, which tracks Chinese stocks traded in Hong Kong, had dropped to its lowest in nearly two decades.

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