Mainland Chinese stocks rebounded on Thursday after two consecutive sessions of losses, as investors looked ahead to key US employment data for clues on the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate outlook while also awaiting fresh domestic economic indicators, according to a report by Reuters.
At the midday break, the Shanghai Composite was up 0.4%, while the blue-chip CSI300 index gained 0.5%. The Shenzhen index rose 0.3%, and the ChiNext Composite advanced 0.4%. Shanghai’s technology-focused STAR50 index was largely unchanged.